Often she dreamed of a life of service to the unfortunate that filled her with warmth. But sometimes she wondered how she would react if she were not repaid in gratitude for her service. Otherwise I am incapable of loving anyone. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all. Men will even give their lives if only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, with all looking and applauding as though on the stage.
Active love is labour and fortitude, and for some people, too, perhaps a complete science.
Even the flesh itself is energized , the human spirit is made strong. All sacrifice, all suffering is easy for the sake of love. This is the foundation stone of The Catholic Worker movement. It is on this that we build. Life is stronger than death.