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Vincent de Paul

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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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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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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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We must be full reservoirs in order to let our water spill out without becoming empty, and we must possess the spirit with which we want them to be animated, for no one can give what he does not have.
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. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which others can be tormented. . . . Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil.
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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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Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
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It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.
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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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A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
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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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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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[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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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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If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.
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. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.
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We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.
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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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We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.
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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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I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.
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