--- title: "9 Prayer Listening Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Prayer Listening quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Prayer Listening sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/glenn-meade-16126_listening_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-someti_609853.jpg" --- > [“I’ve heard it said that prayer is sometimes listening to yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-meade/i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-sometimes-listening-to-yourself/) [Glenn Meade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-meade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/glenn-meade-16126_listening_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-someti_609853.jpg) > [meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talking/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/elizabeth-gilbert-131_listening_meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talkin_2004144.jpg) > [A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/a-man-prayed-and-at-first-he-thought-that-prayer-was-talking-but-he/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/soren-kierkegaard-578_ends_a-man-prayed-and-at-first-he-thought-tha_1720621.jpg) > [Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/prayer-is-first-of-all-listening-to-god-it-s-openness-god-is-always-2/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/henri-nouwen-600_firsts_prayer-is-first-of-all-listening-to-god_2768977.png) > [Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/prayer-is-listening-for-the-still-small-voice-of-god-listening-with/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/richard-j-foster-1460_communication_prayer-is-listening-for-the-still-small_22340.png) > [“Our own spiritual formation will be strengthened if, in our busy, crowded, and noisy lives, we find regular times and places for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/our-own-spiritual-formation-will-be-strengthened-if-in-our-busy/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/richard-j-foster-1460_alone-with-god_our-own-spiritual-formation-will-be-stre_1764368.png) > [Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/prayer-is-listening-as-well-as-speaking-receiving-as-well-as-asking/) [George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/george-arthur-buttrick-43975_adoration_prayer-is-listening-as-well-as-speaking_512853.png) > [You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/you-have-to-listen-to-the-one-who-calls-you-beloved-that-has-to-be/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/henri-nouwen-600_beloved_you-have-to-listen-to-the-one-who-calls_2143932.png) > [The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-groeschel/the-prayer-of-listening-makes-things-simple-but-it-also-makes-us/) [Benedict Groeschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-groeschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/benedict-groeschel-54168_all-things_the-prayer-of-listening-makes-things-sim_1104583.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer-listening/#itemlist", "name": "Prayer Listening Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’ve heard it said that prayer is sometimes listening to yourself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Glenn Meade" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-meade/i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-sometimes-listening-to-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/glenn-meade-16126_listening_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-someti_609853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/glenn-meade-16126_listening_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-someti_609853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/glenn-meade-16126_listening_i-ve-heard-it-said-that-prayer-is-someti_609853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’ve heard it said that prayer is sometimes listening to yourself.” — Glenn Meade", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Gilbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/elizabeth-gilbert-131_listening_meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talkin_2004144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/elizabeth-gilbert-131_listening_meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talkin_2004144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/elizabeth-gilbert-131_listening_meditation-vs-prayer-listening-vs-talkin_2004144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking” — Elizabeth Gilbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. 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