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. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!
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What you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to go their way, people to obey them without comment or delay and, in a manner of speaking, to be adored.
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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
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Cast from your heart the bitterness.
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[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of the world, which Our Lord so assiduously avoided and so often recommends us to shun, and that you labor in earnest to acquire true and solid virtues.
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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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With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.
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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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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective.
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Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.
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The kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit He will reign in you if your heart is at peace. So, be at peace, Mademoiselle, and you will honor in a sovereign way the God of peace and love.
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If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic at first, but God does not always allow the evil that is feared to happen.
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If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.
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In a word, we are like the servants of the centurion in the Gospel with regard to the bishops, insofar as when they say to us: go, we are obliged to go if they say: come, we are obliged to come do that, and we are obliged to do it.
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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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Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
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There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.
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In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.
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