Catherine of Siena on devotion
Catherine of Siena80 quotes“Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.”
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena People become like what they love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The devil never sleeps.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena 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.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
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More on devotion
The transcendental knowledge of devotional service is digested by the engyme of humility.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
Krishna DasKrishna Das In this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century.
Abraham KuyperAbraham Kuyper You cannot petition the lord with prayer!
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison If we understand and feel that the greatest act of devotion and worship to God is not to harm any of His beings, we are loving God.
Meher BabaMeher Baba For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
John DrydenJohn Dryden