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...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.

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 reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.
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Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.
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God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.
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Practice humility and patience.
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In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.
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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
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And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?
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Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.
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. . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are beyond your strength, under the fine pretext of practicing, on your own, the spiritual and corporal works of mercy . . .
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Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.
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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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[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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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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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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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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You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.
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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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Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.
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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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A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
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