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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.
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 have greater confidence in Him than we do let us allow Him to steer our little bark if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck.
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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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I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!
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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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Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will.
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It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.
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Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!
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When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.
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We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else.
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Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?
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. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .
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Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
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There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.
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