Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENAObedience shows whether you are grateful.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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We trust and believe in what we love.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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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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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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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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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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Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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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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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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