At the age of eight an accident took his eyesight, completely. As an adult he wrote:
"One should not try to console either those who lost their eyes, or those who have suffered other losses --- of money, health, or a loved one. It is necessary instead to be aware of what their loss brings them, for they receive gifts in place of what they have lost. There are always gifts. God wills it so. Order is restored."
--- Jacques Lusseyran in
Against the Pollution of the I
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