You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
CATHERINE OF SIENAavarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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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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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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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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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
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To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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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.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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