We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
CATHERINE OF SIENAPerfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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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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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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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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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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