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St. Catherine of Siena

"No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue nor merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing."

-- St. Catherine of Siena

#Light Quotes #Evil Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.”
“If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.”

Source : Lawana Blackwell (2007). “Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The”, p.263, Bethany House
“What if it were true that nature speaks in signs and that the secret to understanding its language consists in noticing similarities in shape or in form?”

Source : Jeremy Narby (1999). “The Cosmic Serpent”, p.37, Penguin
“Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing in this, affirmative action also fails to help blacks achieve true equality with whites - the ultimate measure of which is parity in skills and individual competence. Without this underlying parity there can never be true equality in employment, income levels, rates of home ownership, educational achievement and the rest.”
“I became a vegetarian after I became aware of factory farming and slaughterhouses and the torture and inhumane handling of all these animals.”
“The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come. By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children canmean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation...”
“And so I will take back up my poor life, so plain and so tranquil, where phrases are adventures and the only flowers I gather aremetaphors.”
“There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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