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Catherine of Genoa Quotes on Love

Catherine of Genoa was an Italian mystic and philanthropist of the late fifteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Catherine of Genoa on the topic of love, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Catherine of Genoa:

    “My deepest me is God.”

  • Attributed to Catherine of Genoa:

    “The fire of divine love consumes all that is not love.”

  • Attributed to Catherine of Genoa:

    “Pure love alone purifies the soul.”

  • Attributed to Catherine of Genoa:

    “I cannot bear that the soul should fail to find its true repose in God.”

  • Attributed to Catherine of Genoa:

    “True love does not seek itself; it loses itself in its beloved.”