“We must approach our meditation realizing that 'grace,' 'mercy,' and 'faith' are not permanent inalienable possessions which we gain by our efforts… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“To us, at any rate, prayer is no vain thing. We go to our chambers alone, believing that we are transacting high… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Atheists tend to pity the inhabitants of religiously dominated societies for the extent of the propaganda they have to endure, but this… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“If theology means knowledge of God, every woman, serious about her faith, young or old, must be a theologian, must move beyond… — Rosalie De Rosset Copy Share Image
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
“I think the biggest problem we have in our time is a severe ignorance of the content of Scripture. Sadly, this is… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The words were unexpected, but so incisively true. So much of prayer is like that - an encounter with a truth that… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Again, "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thess. 5:17), and here the word to pray does not mean to beg or to plead as… — Major W. Ian Thomas Copy Share Image
The sin that now rises to memory as your bosom sin, let this first of all be withstood and mastered. Oppose it… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
I'm really in touch, whether it's prayer or meditation... there are so many powers greater than me in the world. I've been… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
“Faith is not speaking and believing that IT WILL come to pass. Faith is speaking and believing THAT IT HAS ALREADY come… — Jeffrey Stewart Copy Share Image
A verse of Scripture in the morning, may become a blessing for all the day. It may sing in the heart as… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
We must focus on prayer as the main thrust to accomplish God's will and purpose on earth. The forces against us have… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
“The Peace Panda: Let Us Try To Remember That For Our Very Short Existence On This Planet That We Are Here To… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
In Morocco, a Muslim country, I got to hear the call to prayer five times a day. At first it felt kind… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Paul, Luther, Wesley —what would these chosen ones of God be without the distinguishing and controlling element of prayer? They were leaders… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
There's a Mr. Hyde for every happy Jekyll face, a dark face on the other side of the mirror. The brain behind… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“We knock a time or two at the gate of mercy, and as no friendly messenger opens the door, we go our… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Hail, high Excess especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me My skull… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The highest kind of writing—which must not be confused with the most ambitious kind…belongs to the realm of grace. Talent is part… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Divine was beyond description, beyond knowing, beyond comprehension. To say that the Divine was Creation divided by Destruction was as close… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Through the power of your intentions you can reorganize your energy in an instant. Remember that your intentions create your reality. Power… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smitting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Does the place you’re called to labor Seem too small and little known? It is great if God is in it, And… — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
We hope that there will be nothing that conflicts with anybody's religion or faith. We would never say a person's religion is… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“We often conceive of worldly life as merely a kind of default existence that anyone who is not specially called to monasticism… — Daniel G. Opperwall Copy Share Image
When I breath no more I don't want an elaborated ceremony for my death. I just want my families and the poor… — Usman Ismaheel Copy Share Image
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray.… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
There isn't a damn thing wrong with prayer. During the war I served with a guy who prayed all the time, carried… — Delroy Lindo Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe. Delight me… — Joshua Abraham Heschel Copy Share Image