The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
CATHERINE OF SIENAMerit 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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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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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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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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To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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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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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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