Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
CATHERINE OF SIENAFor there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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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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Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
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Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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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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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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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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God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
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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 human heart is always drawn by love.
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It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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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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