Vincent de Paul

I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you…

— Vincent de Paul

...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs

— Vincent de Paul

. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes…

— Vincent de Paul

[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well…

— Vincent de Paul

If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty…

— Vincent de Paul

If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of…

— Vincent de Paul

Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in…

— Vincent de Paul

In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us,…

— Vincent de Paul

To this end, we should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine…

— Vincent de Paul

It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.

— Vincent de Paul

In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so…

— Vincent de Paul

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it,…

— Vincent de Paul

Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching…

— Vincent de Paul

[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers…

— Vincent de Paul

. . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works…

— Vincent de Paul

What a reason the Company has for observing its Rules faithfully: to do what the Son of God came into the world…

— Vincent de Paul

God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.

— Vincent de Paul

. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and…

— Vincent de Paul

[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally…

— Vincent de Paul

If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.

— Vincent de Paul

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.

— Vincent de Paul

[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.

— Vincent de Paul

All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him

— Vincent de Paul

If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic…

— Vincent de Paul

If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.

— Vincent de Paul