List of points

Another paradox of the spiritual way: the soul which has less need to reform its behaviour struggles harder to do so, and does not stop until it has succeeded. And the contrary is also true.

Heroism at work is to be found in finishing each task.

Let me stress this point: it is in the simplicity of your ordinary work, in the monotonous details of each day, that you have to find the secret, which is hidden from so many, of something great and new: Love.

By neglecting small details you could work on and on without rest and yet live the life of a perfect idler.

Your duty to be a brother to all souls will lead you to practise the “apostolate of little things”, without others noticing it. You will want to serve them so that their way becomes agreeable.

Don’t come to me with “theories”. It is our lives that have to convert those high ideals each day into ordinary, heroic, fruitful reality.