It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
CATHERINE OF SIENAGod cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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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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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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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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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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People become like what they love.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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The devil never sleeps.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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