For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'

We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.

Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.

For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'

Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all true work.

Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.

Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.