Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this self-denial than the rich and the intellectual.

The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body.

In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love.

As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.

One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.

When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.