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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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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
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I see that you are not sure of what you should do. You must remain steadfast, Monsieur. It would be a great wrong for you to leave and an irreparable scandal to the town and the Company. If you were to abandon the house, I do not think people would ever be willing to welcome us back. Fear not calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
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It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the Spirit of Our Lord and more apt to win hearts.
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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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In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.
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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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[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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There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.
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Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
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Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?
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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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[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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Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
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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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Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
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The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again and if, instead of stopping to grumble about the stone they have tripped over, they humble themselves at their fall, this helps them to advance with great strides in his love.
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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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[M]ost people offend God by passing judgment on the things others do, especially important people, not knowing the reasons why they are doing what they do for when one does not know the primary cause of some matter, what conclusions can he draw from it?
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We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus] C[hrist] and the duties of their state, as was our dear departed, are shipwrecked.
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[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!
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...a great good is worth being long desired.
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