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Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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In the name of God, Monsieur, let us not be so little attached to God's service that we yield to a useless fear which may cause us to abandon the task He has given us.
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It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.
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I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor the times of weariness in the life of His Son, Our Lord, who suffered various kinds of anguish and abandonment.
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.
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We must be full reservoirs in order to let our water spill out without becoming empty, and we must possess the spirit with which we want them to be animated, for no one can give what he does not have.
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Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.
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It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.
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...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs
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People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another.
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[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!
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He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.
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If your men grow weary of the work or balk at obedience, you must bear with them. Get what you can gently from them. True, it is good to be firm in attaining your goal, but use appropriate, attractive, and agreeable means.
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...a great good is worth being long desired.
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Would that God, Monsieur, had rendered us worthy of spending our lives, as Our Lord did, for the salvation of those poor souls so far removed from all assistance.
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Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking His servants should act as Our Lord did.
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