Catherine of Siena Quotes
Catherine of Siena was an Italian Dominican tertiary, mystic, and political activist whose influence on the fourteenth-century Church was extraordinary for a woman of her time. From a large Sienese dyer's family, she received no formal education but learned to read and write in the course of an interior life of intense visions and ascetic practice. The quotes below are attributed to Catherine of Siena, organized by topic.
Catherine of Siena on God
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, I am the way.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.”
Catherine of Siena on Virtue
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Start being brave about everything.”