Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
CATHERINE OF SIENANothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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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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You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
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People become like what they love.
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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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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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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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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
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