“Individuals are now “spiritual consumers” who will go to a church only if (and as long as) its worship and public speaking… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“My greatest desire is that the reader will understand that the events involving Israel and Middle East are rushing toward a conclusion.… — John McTernan Copy Share Image
As Kierkegaard was the first to suggest, we can never know where our prayers are likely to go nor from whom the… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“To talk about God, except in the context of prayer, is to take His name in vain. One may, indeed, talk to… — Ferdinand Ebner Copy Share Image
The Hindus are busy letting themselves be seen riding in Cadillacs instead of smearing themselves with sandalwood paste and bowing in front… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“There is going to come a time when we have to accept who we are without the assistance of religion. That will… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The gift list is thinking upon His goodness – and this, this pleases Him most! And most profits my own soul and… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
“Worship without ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] will give material pleasures in the world and worship accompanied by ‘Gnan’ [True Knowledge] is known as… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer.… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
“Religion robs the soul of its independence; patriotism is the stupid worship of the world for which the well-being and the peace… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
You sit there and you thump your bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere! Talk about your… — Stone Cold Steve Austin Copy Share Image
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” —Richard David Bach The caterpillar believes it is… — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
“You can know God intimately while acknowledging the mystery, even the absurdity, of such a notion. You can experience the proven neurological… — Mike McHargue Copy Share Image
We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
“A deep love resides inside each of us. This love is independent of the desires, thoughts, and opinions, good or bad, which… — Marlon Lindsay Copy Share Image
Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The guru is a tremendous tradition because is a guide, it's a guide to life, and we can guide energetically, we can… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Religion teaches us that our function determines our worth and our identity (I am because I do). Worship teaches us that our… — Zach Neese Copy Share Image
The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to… — Benedict Groeschel Copy Share Image
God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed to death, the heart that… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
There is a place for analysis, but it is apt to be quite fatal in prayer and meditation. Do not dissect the… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“the holy people are committed to their Lord and their unity is demonstrated in their communal life as they give attention to… — T.A. Noble Copy Share Image
I have found it helpful to say a prayer asking to understand the scriptures when I read them. Then I ask, "What… — Allan F. Packer Copy Share Image
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Quiet Prayer: As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Prayer is nothing but that complete surrender, complete oneness with Christ. And this is what makes us contemplative in the heart of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We have assurance that we shall be heard in what we pray, because we pray to that God that heareth prayer, and… — James Ussher Copy Share Image
“And I pray one prayer--I repeat it till my tongue stiffens--Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living;… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
“Prayer Works Lessons from a prayerful Mother In the darkest hour of the night During the hardest time of life When unsure… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
“Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For you, O Lord,… — Crossway Copy Share Image
In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“I have always looked upon a telephone as an official kind of machine which you prepared for with fasting and prayer, and… — C.N. Williamson Copy Share Image
“My prayers, my tears, my wishes, fears, and lamentations, were witnessed by myself and heaven alone. When we are harassed by sorrows… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11, 2001, followed by the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image