一個小小的美德是瞬間的事，但賞報卻是永恆的

一個小小的美德、一個發自內心的祈禱、一件無人看見的善事、一個思想、一個內心的定志、一個愛天主的內在行為、一場屬靈爭戰的勝利……這些在多數情況下都是瞬間的事，但賞報卻是永恆的。(APD56, 120)

A small act of virtue, a little prayer said from the heart… a good work done without anyone seeing it; a thought, an inner desire, an act of inner love of God, an inner battle won are, for the most part, things of the moments and yet the reward is eternal (APD56, 120).