In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
Our spiritual life is a venture in the dark, between the soul and God, and no spiritual life is worth the name unless it is so.
Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.