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01Undated

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.

Catherine of Siena / quote

02Undated

The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.

Catherine of Siena / quote

03Undated

Turn over the rudder in God's name, and sail with the wind heaven sends us.

Catherine of Siena / quote

04Undated

Take my heart and squeeze it out over the face of Your Bride, the Church.

Catherine of Siena / quote

05Undated

Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.

Catherine of Siena / quote

06Undated

All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, "I am the way.

Catherine of Siena / quote

07Undated

Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.

Catherine of Siena / quote

08Undated

Be strong and kill yourself with the sword of hate and love, then you will not hear the insults and abuse which the enemies of the Church throw at you. Your eyes will not see anything which seems impossible, or the sufferings which may follow, but only the light of faith, and in that light everything is possible; and remember God never lays greater burdens on us than we can bear.

Catherine of Siena / quote

09Undated

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 / quote