He had written much about our shortage of genuine spiritual values; about "the continual frustrations and Aridities of American life."
"The Wrong Twin"
Harry Leon Wilson
If I had, it would have been impossible for me to persevere during the eighteen years of my trial and of those great Aridities because of my inability to meditate.
"The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus"
Teresa of Avila
11. Once only in my life do I remember asking for consolation, being at the time in great Aridities.
"The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus"
Teresa of Avila