It is, perhaps, this willingness to function as an instrument for providence, not in a mindless way, but with the humility and simplicity of a child who would bring to bear, on a particular task, all the imperfect power of their talents and intelligence, that, of all the traits that saints can be said to share (regardless of their differences in temperament, personality, or aptitude, or any other category of chance that produces their variety), is the most important.