Answers Quote by Esther Hicks

It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action…

— Shoghi Effendi

He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.

— Saint Francis de Sales

He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head…

— Theodore Parker

Prayer is asking for guidance. Meditation is listening to it.

— Sonia Choquette

each of us has been given the ability to reach God with our prayers. ... Whatever form it takes, each prayer is an invitation…

— Betty Eadie

Man is not to be comprehended as a starting-point, or progress as a goal, without those two great forces , Faith and Love .…

— Albert Pike

When I pray, I ask for guidance in my life to be the best person I can be, to learn what I need to…

— Julia Butterfly Hill

The process of praying isn't about letting God know what you need, it's about letting you know more completely how much you need God…

— Karen Barber

The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and…

— Thomas Aquinas

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand;…

— Anonymous

When a man is willing to set aside the legitimate appetites of the body to concentrate on the work of praying, he is demonstrating…

— Arthur Wallis