A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
St. Catherine of SienaThe city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.
St. Catherine of SienaWhoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
St. Catherine of Siena