Human wisdom assumes that it knows the shape of human fulfillment and how to attain it. It urges us to evade the humiliating, non-satisfying aspects of life; to seek more rewarding ways of prayer; to seek that which makes us feel good and even holy; and to hide from a self-knowledge that strips us of self-complacency and leaves us poor, unholy, unfilled.
Sister Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.