A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAThe human heart is always drawn by love.
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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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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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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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People become like what they love.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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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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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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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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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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The devil never sleeps.
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