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Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.
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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If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.
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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
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Rarely is any good done without difficulty the devil is too subtle and the world too corrupt not to attempt to nip such a good work in the bud
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Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of it.
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You know that you yourself are not always in the same state. If you are exact today, closely united to God, and a consolation to the whole house, tomorrow you will be out of sorts, indolent, and a source of affliction to others. Then you will need their support, as you have supported them.
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You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.
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Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences
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Fear not calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
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Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?
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O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!
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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything you do, giving each action inestimable value, even when things do not turn out as you wish.
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I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.
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[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish.
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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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Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
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