Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
CATHERINE OF SIENAEvery step of the way to heaven is heaven.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
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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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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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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 trust and believe in what we 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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Don’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.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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