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> [People would never begin to pray if they could not ask for earthly things like riches and health and honours; He says to Himself: If they ask for such things the desire for something better will awaken in them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/people-would-never-begin-to-pray-if-they-could-not-ask-for-earthly/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

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## More by Sadhu Sundar Singh

> [Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/water-and-petrol-both-come-from-the-earth-and-though-they-seem-to-be/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Are not our desires inseparably intertwined with the continuation of life? Even the idea of eliminating desire is fruitless. The desire to eliminate all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/are-not-our-desires-inseparably-intertwined-with-the-continuation-of/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [The cross is like a walnut whose outer rind is bitter, but the inner kernel is pleasant and invigorating. So the cross does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/the-cross-is-like-a-walnut-whose-outer-rind-is-bitter-but-the-inner/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [A silkworm was struggling out of the cocoon and an ignorant man saw it battling as if in pain, so he went and helped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/a-silkworm-was-struggling-out-of-the-cocoon-and-an-ignorant-man-saw/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [If true happiness depended on the thoughts of man, then all philosophers and deep thinkers would be filled to overflowing with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/if-true-happiness-depended-on-the-thoughts-of-man-then-all/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Prayer is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of life. Prayer is the desire to possess God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/prayer-is-not-a-painful-effort-to-gain-from-god-help-in-the-varying/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [God's patience is infinite. Men, like small kettles, boil quickly with wrath at the least wrong. Not so God. If God were as wrathful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/god-s-patience-is-infinite-men-like-small-kettles-boil-quickly-with/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Perhaps the greatest barrier to revival on a large scale is the fact that we are to interested in a great display. We want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/perhaps-the-greatest-barrier-to-revival-on-a-large-scale-is-the-fact/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/those-who-determine-not-to-put-self-to-death-will-never-see-the-will/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [During an earthquake it sometimes happens that fresh springs break out in dry places which water and quicken the land so that plants can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/during-an-earthquake-it-sometimes-happens-that-fresh-springs-break/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Should pain and suffering, sorrow, and grief, rise up like clouds and overshadow for a time the Sun of Righteousness and hide Him from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/should-pain-and-suffering-sorrow-and-grief-rise-up-like-clouds-and/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/many-people-despise-those-who-spend-their-health-strength-and-money/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire of gaining heaven, may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/should-i-worship-him-from-fear-of-hell-may-i-be-cast-into-it-should-i/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [From time immemorial men have quenched their thirst with water without knowing anything about its chemical constituents. In like manner we do not need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/from-time-immemorial-men-have-quenched-their-thirst-with-water/)

[Sadhu Sundar Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadhu-sundar-singh/)

> [Some people become tired at the end of ten minutes or half an hour of prayer. What will they do when they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadhu-sundar-singh/some-people-become-tired-at-the-end-of-ten-minutes-or-half-an-hour-of/)

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