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State Quotes by Vincent de Paul
- You know that you yourself are not always in the same state. If you are exact today, closely united to God, and a consolation to…
- We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus]…
- You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you there. Perfect contentment…
- [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…
- Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to…
- Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen
- We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila