The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
St. Catherine of SienaThere is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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