It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAMake yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
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Love does not stay idle.
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Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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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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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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