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There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God. ↗

— Ivan Illich

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The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. ↗

— Horatio Alger

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The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God. ↗

— Charles Bent

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Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees. ↗

— Charles Bent

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level. ↗

— Gary Busey

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A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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