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I find that at twent it is easy to be a hero, a saint, an extraordinary man. I believe, however, that at ninety it is very difficult to live up to the moment.

— Jean Guitton

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Unlike Calvino, you bring the soul into the designs of merciful predestination without any element of anguish.

Generals do not fight with the fear of the troops, they prefer to keep them busy.

In the spiritual life, to grow means to simplify and simplify oneself, to become closer to uncreated and ineffable simplicity.

Love always envelops us: it is we, with our attitude towards it, who transform it into fire or light.

For Teresa, the way of Mary is a way of faith, without ecstasy, without miracles, even without words.

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