Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

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.

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.