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.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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One who knows more, loves more.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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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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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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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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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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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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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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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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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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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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