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In order to communicate a good to others... 

it is necessary to possess the fullness of the same good. 

In fact, by possessing it, one knows its effects, the substance, the practice of how that good is acquired. Therefore, he will have the virtue of being able to infuse it in others, of knowing how to tell its beauties, the prerogatives, the fruits which that good produces. 

But if the soul has acquired just a sip of a good, of a virtue, and wants to start teaching it to others, she will not know in depth the fullness of that virtue, therefore she will not be able to re-tell its great good, nor to give the practice of how to acquire it. 

So, she will make the impression of a child who, having learned just the vowels, wants to act as a teacher to others. Poor child, he will act as a teacher for mockery, because he will not be able to go forward into other teachings. 

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This is why the true Saints have first filled themselves with love, with Divine Knowledges, with invincible patience, and other things. And when they have filled themselves so much, to the point of no longer being able to contain it within themselves, the outpouring of the goods that they possessed that came out, they communicated to the peoples... 

and their word was fire, was light. 

And they taught, not in a superficial way...

but in a practical and substantial way... 

the good that they possessed. 

[16.6.1931]