Giosuè Borsi

From A Soldier's Confidences with God: Colloquies of Giosuè Borsi, trans. Pasquale Maltese (NY: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1918):

The life of the saints is a constant rowing against the current. -- Friday, October 1, 1915

Behold how we shall serve Thee uninterruptedly - "day and night" - as now we indeed serve Thee only rarely and badly. -- Friday, October 8, 1915