avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
CATHERINE OF SIENAYou know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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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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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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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 father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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