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When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.

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 God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it agreeable or disagreeable. By the grace of God, we belong to Him what else should we desire except to please Him?
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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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So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.
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Let us do our duty well let us go straight to God let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.
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Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way
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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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Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our actions will never be without good results
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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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A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish.
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If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him.
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All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him
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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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We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.
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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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You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.
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People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another.
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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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We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.
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Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.
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[M]ay you be more advanced in the school of solid virtue, which is practiced in an excellent way in the midst of suffering, and which keeps good servants of God in fear when they have nothing to suffer!
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