Women have a smile for every joy, a tear for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault,… — Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix Copy Share Image
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Country music and the world will miss George Jones. He was someone who set a high standard in our industry for great… — Collin Raye Copy Share Image
“The essential act of religion … is prayer. Prayer is all-powerful. … God is to [the pious soul] … the immediate, efficient… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“One Kashmiri morning in the early spring of 1915, my grandfather Aadam Aziz hit his nose against a frost-hardened tussock of earth… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Standing naked on the beach with all of my secrets between my legs, I look out into the water and up deep… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Obedience to commandments is the way we build a foundation of truth. Here is the way that works, in words so simple… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was God"s desire at Sinai - thst everybody… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fairly cast. Earth Mother, mother of… — Madelyn Alt Copy Share Image
We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Father, I decree and declare that I will be anxious for nothing. But in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, I… — Cindy Trimm Copy Share Image
“Now try these Drivetime talismans on for size: organized chaos … wild discipline … reverent blasphemy … self-effacing grandiosity … fanatic moderation … selfish gifts … twisted calm … garish elegance … insane poise … ironic sincerity … blasphemous prayers … orgiastic lucidity … aggressive sensitivity … convoluted… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Public ministry true to God’s purposes requires devoted private prayer. We should not expect our words to acquaint others with the power… — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually,… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. More than this nature cannot do.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Mother Teresa always emphasized humility in service. Beginning in 1967, she asked her Sisters to say a morning prayer prior to embarking… — Wyatt North Copy Share Image
“He starts to whisper a prayer. “Whatever beings there are, may they be free from suffering. Whatever beings there are, may they… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think maintenance comes from a daily spiritual growth practice of some kind: prayer, meditation, affirmations. Something that keeps you in the… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Leo hurried up to bed and hid under the covers. Under the covers he thought his life through. Although he soon fell… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“There had come to him one of those moments of quiet despair that lie in wait for even the happiest. Stealthy-footed they… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“I don't know if you're alive or dead. Can you on earth be sought, or only when the sunsets fade be mourned… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are always yearning for quick magical answers. That is the reason we scream to high heaven when we pray thinking… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
“God is a person, and his universe reflects his personhood. The closer something is to the character of God, the more it… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
HELPED are those whose ever act is a prayer for harmony in the Universe, for they are the restorers of balance to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
What I think is critically important is that there are lots of studies on how prayer effects people that are ill, lots… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
Now, justification in this life is given to us according to these three things: first by the laver of regeneration by which… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Everything in the prior chapters has been leading us up to this point. Our look at his christology (chap. 2) and ecclesiology (chap.… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
“The Prayer Appointed for the Week O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration I may think those… — Phyllis A. Tickle Copy Share Image
As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is… — James Montgomery Copy Share Image
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
By dipping us children in the Bible so often, they hoped, I think, to give our lives a serious tint, and to… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
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