Paul De Aragon Quotes

<<<<<---All Language Is Defined by The Spirit---->>>> ~ Paul De Aragon

All Language Is Defined By The Spirit. ~ Paul De Aragon

The wrought-iron gate squeaked as Lucas opened it. He lowered the rented bike down the stone steps and onto the sidewalk. To his right was the most famous Globe Hotel in Paris, disguised under another name. In front of the entrance five Curukians sat on mopeds. Lu-cas and his eighteen-month-old friend then shot out across the street and through the invisible beam of an-other security camera.
He rode diagonally across the place de la Concorde and headed toward the river. It seemed only natural. The motorcycles trailed him. He pedaled fast across the Alex-andre III bridge and zipped past Les Invalides hospital. He tried to turn left at the Rodin Museum, but Goper rode next to him, blocking his escape. ~ Paul Aertker

In a major matter no details are small. ~ Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Weakness has many stages. There is a difference between feebleness by the impotency of the will, of the will to the resolution, of the resolution to the choice of means, of the choice of the means to the application. ~ Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

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. ~ Vincent De Paul

A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish. ~ Vincent De Paul

And who is the hero of that story? Who slew the dragon [totalitarianism]? Yes, it was the ordinary man, the taxpayer, the grunt who fought and won the wars. Yes, it was America and its allies. Yes, it was the great leaders: FDR, de Gaulle, Adenauer, Truman, John Paul II, Thatcher, Reagan. But above all, victory required one man without whom the fight would have been lost at the beginning. It required Winston Churchill. ~ Charles Krauthammer

You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time ~ Vincent De Paul

Prior to any generalization about literature, literary texts have to be read, and the possibility of reading can never be taken for granted. It is an act of understanding that can never be observed, nor in any way prescribed or verified. ~ Paul De Man

Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking; His servants should act as Our Lord did. ~ Vincent De Paul

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. ~ Vincent De Paul

It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life is nothing but temptation, and no one is exempt from it, especially those who have given themselves to God; his own Son even passed through this trial. But if it is necessary for everyone, it is also a source of merit for those to whom God grants the grace of turning all things to good, as you do. ~ Vincent De Paul

Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew. ~ Tatiana Maslany

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

If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him. ~ Vincent De Paul

Our strength often increases in proportion to the obstacles imposed upon it. ~ Paul De Rapin

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith. ~ Vincent De Paul

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

[R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life. ~ Vincent De Paul

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes. ~ Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way ~ Vincent De Paul

What we see is often determined by what we are prepared to see. - PAUL SCHOEMAKER AND GEORGE DAY ~ Rob-Jan De Jong

Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid something we fear. We rely more on our own efforts than on those of his Providence, and we think we are doing a great deal by anticipating His orders by our own disorder, which causes us to rely on human prudence rather than on his Word. ~ Vincent De Paul

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them. ~ Vincent De Paul

What doesn't kill you can still make you walk funny.

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God has seen fit that, since our services are useful to many persons, everyone approves them, but only when they are carried out in the spirit of Our Lord. ~ Vincent De Paul

[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion. ~ Vincent De Paul

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others. ~ Vincent De Paul

Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is to fall back since man never remains in the same condition. ~ Vincent De Paul

He stared fixedly at the opposite bank where an angler was fishing, his line perfectly still. All of a sudden the man jerked out of the water a little sliver fish which wriggled at the end of his line. Twisting and turning it this way and that he tried to extract his hook, but in vain. Losing patience he started pulling and, as he did so, tore out the entire bloody gullet of the fish with parts of its intestines attached. Paul shuddered, feeling himself equally torn apart. It seemed to him that the hook was like his own love and that if he were to tear it out he too would be gutted by a piece of curved wire hooked deep into his essential self at the end of a line held by Madeleine. ~ Guy De Maupassant

If one reads too quickly or too slowly, one understands nothing. ~ Paul De Man

Les moments de crise produsent un redoublement de vie chez les hommes.
Moments of crisis produce a redoubled vitality in men. Or, more succinctly perhaps: Men don't begin to live fully until thier backs are against the wall. ~ Paul Auster

You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured. ~ Vincent De Paul

Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own? ~ Vincent De Paul

God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous. ~ Vincent De Paul

things is certain that whatever men say or do against him will always turn to his advantage. - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. ~ Various

[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work; in a word, let everything revolve around doing well what you are doing. ~ Vincent De Paul

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

What a reason the Company has for observing its Rules faithfully: to do what the Son of God came into the world to do! That there should be a Company, and that it should be the Company of the Mission, composed of poor men, and that it should be entirely dedicated to that purpose, going here and there through hamlets and villages, leaving the towns behind-something that's never been done-and going to announce the Gospel only to persons who are poor; yet, those are our Rules! ~ Vincent De Paul

[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow. ~ Vincent De Paul

Practice humility and patience. ~ Vincent De Paul

We're at a dinner party in an apartment on Rue Paul Valéry between Avenue Foch and Avenue Victor Hugo and it's all rather subdued since a small percentage of the invited guests were blown up in the Ritz yesterday. For comfort people went shopping, which is understandable even if they bought things a little too enthusiastically. Tonight it's just wildflowers and white lilies, just W's Paris bureau chief, Donna Karan, Aerin Lauder, Ines de la Fressange and Christian Louboutin, who thinks I snubbed him and maybe I did but maybe I'm past the point of caring. Just Annette Bening and Michael Stipe in a tomato-red wig. Just Tammy on heroin, serene and glassy-eyed, her lips swollen from collagen injections, beeswax balm spread over her mouth, gliding through the party, stopping to listen to Kate Winslet, to Jean Reno, to Polly Walker, to Jacques Grange. Just the smell of shit, floating, its fumes spreading everywhere. Just another conversation with a chic sadist obsessed with origami. Just another armless man waving a stump and whispering excitedly, "Natasha's coming!" Just people tan and back from the Ariel Sands Beach Club in Bermuda, some of them looking reskinned. Just me, making connections based on fear, experiencing vertigo, drinking a Woo-Woo. ~ Bret Easton Ellis

We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love. ~ Vincent De Paul

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

And to read is to understand, to question, to know, to forget, to erase, to deface, to repeat--that is to say, the endless prosopopoeia by which the dead are made to have a face and a voice which tells the allegory of their demise and allows us to apostrophize them in our turn. No degree of knowledge can ever stop this madness, for it is the madness of words. ~ Paul De Man

All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait. ~ Vincent De Paul

O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior! ~ Vincent De Paul

Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life. ~ Vincent De Paul

Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them? ~ Vincent De Paul