You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
-
-
It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Out of darkness is born the light.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
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.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
The human heart is always drawn by love.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Love transforms one into what one loves.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
CATHERINE OF SIENA -
Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENA