--- title: "7 Asked Pray Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Asked Pray quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Asked Pray sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png" --- > [“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i-pray-to-the-god-within-me/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png) > [“I wanted to ask my father about his regrets. I wanted to ask him what was the worst thing he'd ever done.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wanted-to-ask-my-father-about-his-regrets-i-wanted-to-ask-him-what/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/sherman-alexie-the-toughest-in_believe-in-god_i-wanted-to-ask-my-father-about-his-regr_469685.jpg) > [There are certain religions that require you to pray five times a day and I never understood why Christians aren't asked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-hughes/there-are-certain-religions-that-require-you-to-pray-five-times-a-day/) [Cathy Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/cathy-hughes-41480_certain_there-are-certain-religions-that-require_857733.jpg) > [When you pray either aloud or to yourself for others ? for instance, for the members of your household or for strangers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-kronstadt/when-you-pray-either-aloud-or-to-yourself-for-others-for-instance-for/) [John of Kronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-kronstadt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/john-of-kronstadt-8549_all-occasions_when-you-pray-either-aloud-or-to-yoursel_1538968.png) > [ \[Moishe\] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer… And why do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/moishe-explained-to-me-with-great-emphasis-that-every-question/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b5/elie-wiesel-341_answers_moishe-explained-to-me-with-great-emphas_1541018.png) > [“What is the point of praying to God if you are in this condition?" I have been asked. "Why pray to God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-berg/what-is-the-point-of-praying-to-god-if-you-are-in-this-condition-i/) [Art Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/art-berg-16759_prayer_what-is-the-point-of-praying-to-god-if-y_1571389.jpg) > [“Why do you pray?" he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/why-do-you-pray-he-asked-me-after-a-moment-why-did-i-pray-a-strange/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/elie-wiesel-341_prayer_why-do-you-pray-he-asked-me-after-a-mome_2014670.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-pray/#itemlist", "name": "Asked Pray Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elie Wiesel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i-pray-to-the-god-within-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/elie-wiesel-341_asked_and-why-do-you-pray-moishe-i-asked-him-i_373741.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And why do you pray, Moishe?” I asked him. “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real…” — Elie Wiesel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wanted to ask my father about his regrets. 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I asked him. 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What is the importance of prayer during your own time of crisis or challenge? I want you to know that this is not a chapter designed to convert you to a particular religious practice. I am not here to try to get you to follow the same religious faith that I do. 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Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe? \"I don't know why,\" I said, even more disturbed and ill at ease. \"I don't know why.\" After that day I saw him often. He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. \"Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks Him,\" he was fond of repeating. \"That is the true dialogue. Man questions God and God answers. But we don't understand His answers. We can't understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul, and they stay there until death. 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