avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
CATHERINE OF SIENAEvery step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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One who knows more, loves more.
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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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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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We trust and believe in what we 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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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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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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