Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
CATHERINE OF SIENADo not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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People become like what they love.
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We trust and believe in what we love.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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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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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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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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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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To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
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