Vincent de Paul Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Deserve More, Doctors

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.

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  Wisdom, Disheartened, Given

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• 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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  Wisdom, Littles, Disappear

• Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

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  Wisdom, Roots, Tree

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Encounters, Doe

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.

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  Wisdom, Fall, Faults

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• 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 contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Blessing, Past

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

• Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.

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  Wisdom, Wine, Effort

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

• Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Storm, Calm

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• 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 severe measures only in extreme cases, for fear lest the hardship they are already enduring in their state of captivity, joined to the strictness you might want to exercise in virtue of your authority, drive them to despair. . . . It is not light they need, but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

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  Wisdom, Exercise, Light

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• [A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.

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  Wisdom, Sick, Mind

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.

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  Wisdom, Regret, Passion

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• 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 if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.

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  Wisdom, House, Advice

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

• ...a great good is worth being long desired.

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  Wisdom, Long

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• . . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

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  Wisdom, Learned Person, Results

• Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

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  Wisdom, Unions, Remember

• I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.

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  Wisdom, Thinking, Littles

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...

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  Wisdom, Faults, Stinginess

  "Correspondence Conference Documents".

• 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 disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.

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  Wisdom, Writing, Giving

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

• [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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  Wisdom, Giving, Wish

• Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those you serve], they offer you the occasion for practices which increase your merit in the measure that you make them meritorious by your patience.

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  Wisdom, Practice, Suffering

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

• ... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.

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  Wisdom, Firsts, Teach

• Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

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  Wisdom, One Love, Broads

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

• 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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  Wisdom, Mean, Giving

  Saint Vincent de Paul (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639”, BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)

• Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Rewards, This Life

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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