The soul, who is lifted by a very great and yearning desire for the honor of God and the salvation of souls, begins by exercising herself, for a certain space of time, in the ordinary virtues, remaining in the cell of self-knowledge, in order to know better the goodness of God towards her. Catherine Of Siena
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Anonymous
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
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Joni Eareckson Tada
No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!
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T.d. Jakes
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think, " he says, "my heart is going to explode, " and I wish, more than ever, that I...
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Tahereh Mafi
Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?
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Jacqueline Carey
More Quotes By Catherine Of Siena
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us.
Take my heart and squeeze it out over the face of Your Bride, the Church.
Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
