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A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish.

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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. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which others can be tormented. . . . Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil.
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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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If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.
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. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .
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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.
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Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
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Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?
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Let us allow God to act He brings things to completion when we least expect it.
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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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What you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to go their way, people to obey them without comment or delay and, in a manner of speaking, to be adored.
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If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.
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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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[L]et us believe that all is going along the best in the world when we take no satisfaction in it, provided we humble ourselves for this and redouble our confidence in God.
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The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem apart from that, no.
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One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of good works done for others.
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If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic at first, but God does not always allow the evil that is feared to happen.
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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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