Anything truly sublime and uplifting comes to birth in agony and great labour, after much care and at heavy cost…. I have a principle which I find admirable: In order to gain a lot we sometimes have to permit ourselves the chance of losing something. Those who wish to be too prudent, too careful, who never want to run the risk of losing, or leaving, or letting go of something that belongs to them: possessions, rights, just claims, their rest, their peace of mind, sometimes — no, frequently — miss fine occasions to do great service for God and neighbour and to enrich themselves. – St. Peter Fourier (Priest, 1565-1640)