Even though the road is hedged with thorns, I am not afraid to go on, even though I were to be pelted with a hailstorm of persecution, even though my friends were to forsake me, even though all things were to conspire against me, and my horizon were to grow dark, even though the tempest should start to rage and I were to feel I was all on my own having to face everything alone – I would still calmly put all my trust in Your mercy, O God, and my hope shall not be disappointed (Diary 1195).