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.

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Littles, Disappear

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

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Fall, Faults

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

• When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Rome, Accepting

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

• With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Imperfection, Unbearable

  Saint Vincent De Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: August 1646-March 1650”

• It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Light, Example

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1993). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”, New City Pr

• Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Doctors, Submissive

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

• I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and a somewhat ineffective way of teaching, since the students rely on their notes and do not exercise either their judgment or their memory, In this way, their minds remain empty while they pile up papers which they will perhaps never look at again.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Memories, Teaching

• If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Spring, Names

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

• [M]ost people offend God by passing judgment on the things others do, especially important people, not knowing the reasons why they are doing what they do; for when one does not know the primary cause of some matter, what conclusions can he draw from it?

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Knowing, People

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

• Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Advice, Risk

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

• Cast from your heart the bitterness.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Heart, Bitterness

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

• Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.

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  Wisdom, Decision, Advice

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

• If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Good Life, Practice

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

• 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.

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  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  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.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, House, Advice

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

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

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Long

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

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