Best Vincent de Paul Thoughts
- When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral. Accept
- [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… Cause
- It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act… Act
- 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… Breeze
- Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than… Devise
- Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life. Addition
- ...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs Affair
- Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences Beginning
- With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable? Bear
- Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own? Acting
- Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior... Better
- If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and… Advice
- [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… Action
- It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize. Criticize
- Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself. Augustine
- You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured. Alas
- It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example. Balm
- ...cast from your heart the bitterness... Bitterness
- Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon. Calm
- ...a great good is worth being long desired. Desired
- A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him. Becoming
- There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections. Any
- 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,… Anxious
- People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another. Holiest
- Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him. Doctor
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