QUOTATION: Dishonour and Persecution

God, to procure His glory, sometimes permits that we should be dishonored and persecuted without reason. He wishes thereby to render us conformable to His Son, who was calumniated and treated as a seducer, as an ambitious man, and as one possessed.

 --St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Humility and Pride

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Noise

Noise doesn't do any good. Good doesn't make any noise.

--St. Vincent de Paul.

QUOTATION: A Ruse of the Devil

It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time. 

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Humilty is Truth

The reason why God is such a great Lover of humility is that He is a great Lover of truth. Humility is in fact truth, while pride is nothing but lying.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Patience

All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: God Speaks to Us

Read some chapter of a devout book....It is very easy and most necessary, for just as you speak to God when at prayer, God speaks to you when you read.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Humility

If we consider all that is imperfect and worldly in us, we shall find ample reason for abasing ourselves before God and man, before ourselves and our inferiors.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Humility

If humble souls are contradicted, they remain calm; if they are calumniated, they suffer with patience; if they are little esteemed, neglected, or forgotten, they consider that their due; if they are weighed down with occupations, they perform them cheerfully.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Resignation to the Divine Will

A single act of resignation to the divine will in what it ordains contrary to our desires, is of more value than a hundred thousand successes conformable to our will and taste.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Good Catholics

Humble submission and obedience to the decrees of the Sovereign Pontiffs are good means for distinguishing the loyal from the rebellious children of the Church.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Resignation

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal advantages.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Suffering

In proportion as the love of God increases in our soul, so does also the love of suffering.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: The Will of God

After knowing the will of God in regard to a work which we undertake, we should continue courageously, however difficult it may be. We should follow it to the end with as much constancy as the obstacles we encounter are great.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Service to the Poor

It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Faith and Virtue

We are firmly convinced that the truths of faith cannot deceive us, and yet we cannot bring ourselves to trust to them; nay, we are far more ready to trust to human reasonings and the deceitful appearance of this world. This, then, is the cause of our slight progress in virtue, and of our small success in what concerns the glory of God.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Worldly Sentiments

Let us beware of worldly sentiments, for often by the pretext of zeal or the glory of God they cause us to adopt plans which never proceeded from Him and will not be prospered by His Divine Majesty.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Suffering and Predestination

We have never so much cause for consolation, as when we find ourselves oppressed by sufferings and trials; for these make us like Christ our Lord, and this resemblance is the true mark of our predestination.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Deceit in Managing One's Affairs

Whoever manages his affairs with artifices and subterfuges offends the providence of God and renders himself unworthy of his parental care.

--St. Vincent de Paul

QUOTATION: Relying on People

Be careful not to depend or rely much upon the friendship and protection of men. For they cannot sustain us by themselves; and when the Lord sees us leaning upon them, He withdraws from us.

--St. Vincent de Paul