Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
CATHERINE OF SIENAYou are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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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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What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
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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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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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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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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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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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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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