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.
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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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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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People become like what they love.
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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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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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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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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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