A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWe’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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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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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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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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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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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