It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
CATHERINE OF SIENADon’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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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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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He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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The devil never sleeps.
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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.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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