There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHow 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.
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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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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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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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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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We trust and believe in what we love.
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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.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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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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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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