Other things being equal, a person beginning the spiritual life with a taste for reading has a much greater chance both of advancing and of perseveri… - Frederick William Faber

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Other things being equal, a person beginning the spiritual life with a taste for reading has a much greater chance both of advancing and of persevering than one who is destitute of such a taste. Experience shows that it is almost equal to a grace. The hardest thing in the world is to think, that is, to think real thought.