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Love transforms one into what one loves.

St. Catherine of Siena

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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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O abyss! O eternal Godhead! O deep sea! What more could you have given me than the gift of your very self?
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Lose yourself wholly and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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