What grace it is when in the morning we feel no courage, no strength to demonstrate virtue! This is the moment when (…) instead of wasting time gathering a few small blades of grass, we mine diamonds. What profit at the end of the day! It is true that sometimes we are momentarily disheartened by the accumulation of our treasures; that is a difficult moment, we are tempted to abandon everything. But one act of love, even if not felt, and everything is set right and Jesus smiles …
(Thérèse of Lisieux, letter 65, to Celine, October 20, 1888)
