The ethos Steinhardt recommends to Christians is that of an aristocrat minus the stiff upper …
No one makes himself a Christian even if he receives Baptism, as I did, late in life. I don't think it's any different even in earth-shattering conversions. The call is always anterior, no matter how deeply, subtly, and skillfully concealed. Pascal: [Console-toi,] tu ne me chercherais pas [si tu ne m'avais pas trouvé]. The logic is always misinterpreted: you seek what you've found, you find what was prepared for you, what has already been given to you.
— The Journal of Joy by Nicolae Steinhardt (Page 21 - 22)