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?
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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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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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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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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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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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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