Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENATo the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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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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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
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