Quotes from Catherine of Siena
A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
— Catherine of Siena
What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
— Catherine of Siena
Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
— Catherine of Siena
The poison of selfishness destroys the world.
— Catherine of Siena
God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
— Catherine of Siena
Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
— Catherine of Siena
The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
— Catherine of Siena
Love does not stay idle.
— Catherine of Siena
Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist
— Catherine of Siena
God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
— Catherine of Siena
Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
— Catherine of Siena
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.
— Catherine of Siena