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Action Quotes by Vincent de Paul
- [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…
- His Divine Goodness asks that we never do good in any place to make ourselves look important but that we always consider Him directly, immediately,…
- I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he may be the…
- Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our…
- You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which embraces…
- I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk…
- [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…
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- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
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