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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.
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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Let us allow God to act He brings things to completion when we least expect it.
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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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[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.
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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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God has seen fit that, since our services are useful to many persons, everyone approves them, but only when they are carried out in the spirit of Our Lord.
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We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.
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[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.
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If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring
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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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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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That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.
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Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is to fall back since man never remains in the same condition.
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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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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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Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.
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[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.
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. . . God is pleased to communicate himself to the simple and humble and to use the smallest and lowliest to make them great and exalted. In a word, it is He Himself who has called and approved them and even inspired their humble manner of living.
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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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. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about peace. He often desires some things more than we do, but wants us to merit the grace of accomplishing them by several practices of virtue and to beg for this with many prayers.
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