You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.
My soul often mourned of more time and opportunity to be alone with God
I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.
When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others.
It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.
One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is time alone with God.