How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Love does not stay idle.
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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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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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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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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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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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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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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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A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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