If I am to say what fascinated me particularly about his personality, it is, above all, the refreshing serenity which emanated from him and warmed the whole conversation. Next, the unbelievable rhythm with which his thought flows, and, finally, his amazing capacity for getting into immediate contact with those he is speaking to. Msgr. Escriva evidently lived totally in the present instant, he opened out to it completely, and gave himself entirely to it. In a word, for him the instant possessed all the qualities of the decisive. [on meeting Saint Josemaria Escriva]