"A human being who has no spiritual life is like a seed which has not been planted. The seed remains in the storeroom where it obviously lives a peaceful existence, subjected to neither rain, wind, nor hail. But it risks a worse fate: being attacked by mildew or eaten by mice. The seed which is planted, on the other hand, must brave all the elements, but it grows, bears fruit, and becomes useful.

In the same way, those who embrace the spiritual life will not be spared: they will have to face wind and storms, but these conditions will allow them to grow and give their fruits to humanity. It is better to be exposed to the elements and to grow than to be destroyed in some storeroom by mice and mildew. And do not be troubled if the spiritual life presents you with difficulties that a purely materialistic life would have spared you. Despite the wind and the rain, despite the storms, continue to progress along this road, for it will lead you to a world that is divine."