You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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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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