It is possible to be aware of the full dimensions of sin and imperfections only to the degree that one overcomes them or, rather, to the degree that one is delivered from them. It is not the sinner who knows the most about sin; it is the saint. It is the hero who has the greatest appreciation of what mediocrity really is, not the person who is himself mediocre. What we must become is only progressively revealed to us; as that occurs we will be ashamed of having believed that we already had the Christian spirit.
YVES DE MONTCHEUIL, SJ
