A contemplative soul not only possesses peace; it can communicate it to others. A contemplative soul does not allow itself to be troubled in its higher part by painful, unexpected events; it receives all from the hand of God as a means or an occasion of approaching closer to Him. Wisdom bestows a radiant peace… This peace is the fruit of the Gift of Wisdom and is such that the world cannot give… “for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all; that which I learn without guile,  I communicate without envy” (Wis 7:12–13).
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877–1964)