Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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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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Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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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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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Love does not stay idle.
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