Chapter 8
“The only justification for a life of deliberate solitude is the conviction that it will help you rto love not only God but also other people.”
If you strive for isolation from people you don’t like you will simply finding yourself along “with a tribe of devils.”
“Go into the desert not to escape other people but in order to find them in God.”
“Mere living alone does not isolate a person, mere living together does not bring people into communion.”
“God does not give us graces or talents or virtues for ourselves alone.”
“I do not wash my feet to make them more beautiful than my face.”
“The saints are what they are, not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everybody else.”
“It gives them a clarity of compassion.”
“In humility is the greatest freedom.”
“Perfect joy is possible only when we have completely forgotten ourselves.”
“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.”
