Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
CATHERINE OF SIENACharity 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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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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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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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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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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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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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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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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