To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion.

Only individuals, and a small number of them at that, can be carried away by an abstract and "pure" idea. The millions, the masses, not only of the proletariat but also of the enlightened and privileged classes, are carried away only by the power and logic of "facts".

Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.

I'm saying my rosary every day.

I'm learning every day.

Every day is a blessing.