"The man who does good follows the lines of an architectural plan which has not been conceived by himself and which he does not understand as a whole, nor in all of its parts. This architectural plan is revealed to man from moment to moment. In each case he sees only a tiny segment of it, as through a narrow crack. Never, so long as he is in the state of 'being-on-the-way', will the concrete architectural plan of his own self become visible to him in its rounded and final shape."
- Josef Pieper, - The Four Cardinal Virtues
That's... fantastic. It defines it so well! At least I think so. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it really struck me, too.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely puts things in perspective!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Debbie