And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
CATHERINE OF SIENAThe path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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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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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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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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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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The devil never sleeps.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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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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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
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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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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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Out of darkness is born the light.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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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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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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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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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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