`When you decide to embrace a religion or a spiritual

philosophy and to put its principles into practice in

your life, not only will you encounter difficulties with

yourself because of the efforts required of you, but you

will also have difficulties with others who will not

necessarily understand how and why you have

changed. Well, it is the way you handle these difficulties

which reveal the quality, the authenticity of your faith.

You must not say, for example, "I'm going to change my

life completely, and I don't care what the family thinks.

That is not my problem." Oh but it is your problem,

because your spiritual life will depend on how you

resolve it. Try, as far as possible, not to make others

suffer, and of course, you must not abandon them.

Remember that love is always greater than faith.'