If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.

Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.

Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.