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God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.

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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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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Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?
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I feel so strongly about the truths Our Lord taught us by word and example that I cannot help but see how everything done according to that teaching always succeeds perfectly well, while things done the opposite way have a quite different result.
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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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Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you from within and without.
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It is true that zeal is the soul of the virtues, but most certainly, Monsieur, it must be according to knowledge, as Saint Paul says that means: according to knowledge of experience. And because young people ordinarily do not possess this experiential knowledge, their zeal goes to excess, especially in those who have a natural asperity.
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[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.
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If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty lions commanded by a deer, I should consider myself more certain of success with the first group than with the second.
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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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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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Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard.
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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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It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the Spirit of Our Lord and more apt to win hearts.
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You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.
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Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.
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There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.
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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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Man's condition is never the same he is humbled, then exalted sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen.
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[L]ove is inventive to infinity.
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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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