All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
CATHERINE OF SIENAMerit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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