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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
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Practice humility and patience.
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I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.
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Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.
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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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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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The kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit He will reign in you if your heart is at peace. So, be at peace, Mademoiselle, and you will honor in a sovereign way the God of peace and love.
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. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .
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[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work in a word, let everything revolve around doing well what you are doing.
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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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There is a vast difference between an Apostolic life and the solitude of the Carthusians. The latter is truly very holy but is not suited to those whom God has called to the former, which is in itself more excellent.
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You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
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Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!
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Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those you serve], they offer you the occasion for practices which increase your merit in the measure that you make them meritorious by your patience.
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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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Three can do more than ten when Our Lord puts His hand to things, and He always does so when He takes away the means of doing otherwise.
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All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.
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Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time
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An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting like a coward or of being boorish. I repeat, I admire the fact that, those persons have, through human respect, more courage than Christians and priests have, through charity or through their good intentions.
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In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.
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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.
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