“A full description of a person's life, however uneventful or uninteresting, fills a large folder.”

“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”

“The mystical life is a hidden life. It is a life hidden in God. It flourishes best when not exposed to public scrutiny . . . Its increasing inner fullness of the divine presence is largely concealed except when it blossoms forth in a radiant face and a joy-filled smile. ”

“Boredom, like beauty, is in the mind of the beholder. ’There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject,’ said Chesterton. ’The only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”

“The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.”

“Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book.”