To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
St. Catherine of SienaWe've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.
St. Catherine of Sienaall the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
St. Catherine of SienaPerfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
St. Catherine of SienaYou are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer, counseling him with words, and assisting him both spiritually and temporally, according to the need in which he may be, at least with your goodwill if you have nothing else.
St. Catherine of Siena