God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it's not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.

We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His food and His clothing in the world today. If we do not radiate the light of Christ around us, the sense of the darkness that prevails in the world will increase.

You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.