Christian Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“But it is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself. For then we confuse…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Prayer is an attitude of the heart.

— Larry Dossey

Prayer is essentially about making the heart strong so that fear cannot penetrate there.

— Matthew Fox

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

— Saint Francis de Sales

It's more important to put the own heart in the prayer than to put other's words with nothing of the own heart.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Why is it that someone with such a beautiful heart prays for it to stop beating?

— Lynn

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

— Anonymous

Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control…

— Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

I feel that very frequently prayer is made a refuge to dodge the action of faith.

— John G. Lake

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

— John Shelby Spong

Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart, rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong but…

— Rumi

“Prayer is not a court hearing, so when you pray do not aim to prove before God how others wronged you, because He knows…

— Gift Gugu Mona