Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
CATHERINE OF SIENAObedient people never trust in themselves.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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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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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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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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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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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
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You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.
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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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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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