“It is very easy to speak and teach this, difficult to do it; very difficult ...to use this world as not abusing it, to be active and diligent in this world’s affairs, yet not for this world’s sake, but for God’s sake.  It requires the greater effort for a minister of Christ to speak of it, for this reason;because he is not called upon in the same sense in which others are to practice the duty.”

“Many, not to say most, within this technical world, have capitulated interiorly by giving up prayer.  The Christians determined to persevere in it groan under the too great burden of external demands made on them if they want to compete with others who neither have nor allow time for prayer and thought.  A synthesis between prayer and godless over-activity....is more and more becoming an extraordinary attainment of the heroic few, and even so only for a limited time; it seems an impossible demand to make on a larger number of people.”

“..we insist that regular reading of a suitable sort plays a more and more important part in the life of Catholics today, and that for the educated it is well nigh essential for their progress if not also for their salvation.”

“Faith is not a theoretical conviction beside which thought and conduct may go their separate ways.  Its goal is inner transformation according to God’s will.  If  this inner transformation does not occur at all, or if it occurs insufficiently, there arises a contradiction between conduct and faith which causes faith gradually to collapse.”

“The purpose of having a plan for one’s spiritual life isn’t to enforce conformity but to provide a framework for creativity…a person who is serious about the spiritual life recognizes the need for a strategy - a plan within which he can bring creativity to bear on the process of spiritual growth.”