Vincent de Paul Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.

  Vincent de Paul

  Christian, Powerful, Humility

  "A Year with the Saints" by P. J. Kenedy, (p. 47), 1891.

• Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

  Vincent de Paul

  God, Helping Others, Community

  Vincent De Paul (1990). “Correspondence Conference Documents”, New City Pr

• We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

  Vincent de Paul

  Heart, Compassion, People

  Saint Vincent De Paul (2013). “Some Counsels Of S. Vincent De Paul : To Which Is Appended The Thoughts Of Mademoiselle Le Gras”, p.10, Read Books Ltd

• We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.

  Vincent de Paul

  Love, Christian, Saint

• It is true that zeal is the soul of the virtues, but most certainly, Monsieur, it must be according to knowledge, as Saint Paul says; that means: according to knowledge of experience. And because young people ordinarily do not possess this experiential knowledge, their zeal goes to excess, especially in those who have a natural asperity.

  Vincent de Paul

  Mean, People, Soul

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

• [I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary.

  Vincent de Paul

  Faith, Prayer, Advice

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

• Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.

  Vincent de Paul

  Faith, Suffering, Acting

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

• Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Doctors, Doe

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

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