Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
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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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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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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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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The devil never sleeps.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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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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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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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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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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