avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
CATHERINE OF SIENAOf course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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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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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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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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
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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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Out of darkness is born the light.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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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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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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