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What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer. ↗

— Martin Luther

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I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer. ↗

— Janet Jackson

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If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. ↗

— Chiang Kai-shek

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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. ↗

— George Santayana

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I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. ↗

— Franz Schubert

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Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'. ↗

— Edith Stein

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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. ↗

— Saint Teresa

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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. ↗

— Saint Teresa

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