Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
CATHERINE OF SIENAYou 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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
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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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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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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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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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The devil never sleeps.
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Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
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