“ Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love. Catherine of Siena
“ 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, remaini… Catherine of Siena
“ 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 impo… Catherine of Siena
“ Wherefore they understood the Holy Scripture rather literally than with understanding, and taste only the letter of it, still desiring many other books; and they get not to the marrow of it, because t… Catherine of Siena
“ 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
