inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
Who understands much, forgives much.
[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.