Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.