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. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

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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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Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.
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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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I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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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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In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so that you can serve God and the poor for a longer time. This moderate care does not preclude the obligation we have of generously risking our lives when the salvation of our neighbor is concerned.
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So, do not dwell any longer on what you are, but consider Our Lord close by you and within you, ready to put His hand to the work as soon as you call upon Him for help, and you will see that all will go well.
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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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Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.
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God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor the times of weariness in the life of His Son, Our Lord, who suffered various kinds of anguish and abandonment.
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Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil. Be very cheerful and humble yourself as much as you can. Ordinarily, God allows these things to happen to free us from some hidden pride and to engender in us holy humility.
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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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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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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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Remember, Monsieur that roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and that heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness.
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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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[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of the world, which Our Lord so assiduously avoided and so often recommends us to shun, and that you labor in earnest to acquire true and solid virtues.
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With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
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