#prayer

Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else. ↗

— Robert McAfee Brown

#else #feel #foreign #foreign land #go

I think at some point at a moment of enlightenment in the future, the federal government and perhaps a future Supreme Court is going to say it's not a bad thing for children to hear prayer in school. ↗

— Phil Bryant

#bad thing #children #court #enlightenment #federal

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful. ↗

— William Feather

#grateful #many #now #our #prayers

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#asking #better #daily #heart #longing

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#amusement #applied #idle #instrument #most

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#more #prayer #requires #than #tongue

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#drawer #filled #kinds #prayers

Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I dedicate to the welfare of all beings. May the roots of suffering diminish. May warfare, violence, neglect, indifference, and addiction also decrease. May the wisdom and compassion of all beings increase, now and in the future. May we clearly see all the barriers we erect between ourselves and others to be as insubstantial as our dreams. May we appreciate the great perfection of all phenomena. May we continue to open our hearts and minds, in order to work ceaselessly for the benefit of all beings. May we go to the places that scare us. May we lead the life of a warrior. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#holiness #lovingkindness #mindfulness-practice #prayer #dreams

It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes. ↗

— John Clayton

#early life #exposing #fervent #following #hope

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#believe #care #connected #each #energy