List of points
No ideal becomes a reality without sacrifice. Deny yourself. It's so beautiful to be a victim !
The world admires only spectacular sacrifice, because it does not realize the value of sacrifice that is hidden and silent.
Your obedience is not worthy of the name unless you are ready to abandon your most flourishing personal work, whenever someone with authority so commands.
Don't hesitate: let your lips pronounce a heartfelt Fiat, 'be it done!', which will be the crown of your sacrifice.
Is there any greater folly than to scatter the golden wheat on the ground to let it rot? Without that generous folly there would be no harvest.
Son, how do we stand as regards generosity?
'My enthusiasm is gone', you write. You have to work not out of enthusiasm but out of Love: conscious of duty, which means self-denial.
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