“The eye of perfected friendship with God is aware of deeper dimensions of reality, to which the eyes of the average man and the average Christian are not yet opened.”

—  Josef Pieper

The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance (1965)

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