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 SIENAThe Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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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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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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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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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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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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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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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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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