You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.
St. Catherine of SienaThe soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
St. Catherine of SienaOh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
St. Catherine of SienaDon't make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
St. Catherine of SienaAnd of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross.
St. Catherine of Siena