God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHow 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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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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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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We’ve had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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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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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
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Love does not stay idle.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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