#prayer

I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.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

— George Santayana

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Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

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Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

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Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#life