Simplicity then, my brothers. We must preach Jesus Christ for the good of souls; we must say what we have to say simply, plainly, humbly, but forcefully and with charity: we must seek to satisfy not ourselves but God, to win souls and bring them to repentance, for all the rest is but pride and vanity. [pp. 29-30]

(St Vincent de Paul. From Jacques Delarue, The Holiness of Vincent de Paul, Geoffrey Chapman Ltd, London 1960, 132 pp)