Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God's sake.
St. Catherine of SienaIt is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
St. Catherine of SienaHow many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
St. Catherine of SienaPerfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
St. Catherine of SienaEven if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.
St. Catherine of Siena