It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWhat is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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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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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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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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What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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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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A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
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