St. Vincent Quotes

It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer.... Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.

Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.

The poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them.

It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. 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.

It is absolutely necessary, both for our advancement and the salvation of others, to follow always and in all things the beautiful light of faith

Extend your mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His Mercy from us?

No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in him.

I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do.

It is from your hands that Our Lord, in the person of the sick, seeks relief.

The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all things in His time.

I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and it's all chaos. I call it 'the dark fear.' At any moment, the dark fear could come in.

All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way.

However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.

A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing.

Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

Let us love God my brothers, let us love God. But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brow.

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear.

I'm unqualified to do anything other than music.

Charity is the cement that unites communities to God and individuals to each other so that he who contributes to the union of hearts in a community binds it indissolubly to God.

Your skin's so fair its not fair

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

Honey the party went away quickly, but thats the trouble with ticking and talking.