If You Are Going To Try And

Be Close Enough To People So That You Are Indifferent To The Material. And Also Have Faith.

It Is Best To Disregard Their Talk And Judge Only Their Actions.

One Of The Disconcerting Facts About The Spiritual Life Is That God Takes You At Your Word.

If I Did Not Believe, If I Did Not Make What Is Called An Act Of Faith (and Each Act Of Faith Increases Our Faith, And Our Capacity For Faith), If I Did Not Have Faith That The Works Of Mercy Do Lighten The Sum Total Of Suffering In The World, So That Those Who Are Suffering On Both Sides Of This Ghastly Struggle Somehow Mysteriously Find Their Pain Lifted And Some Balm Of Consolation Poured On Their Wounds, If I Did Not Believe These Things, The Problem Of Evil Would Indeed Be Overwhelming.

It Is Not Easy Always To Be Joyful, To Keep In Mind The Duty Of Delight.