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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.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
Priest
Never
Mouth
Express
Mouths
Gratitude
Benefits
Except
Discontent
Open
Mention
Wisdom
Received

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[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything you do, giving each action inestimable value, even when things do not turn out as you wish.
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. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.
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Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard.
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If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.
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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.
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We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.
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