Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved. — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray. — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts. — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
God's providence is not in baskets lowered from the sky, but through the hands and hearts of those who love him. The lad without… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Faith is the response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal. — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day.… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
