Brain Quote by Leonard Ravenhill

Man in his effort to pray and receive guidance actually enhances his separation from who he really is and what he is reaching for.…

— Esther Hicks

Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“The person who prays and who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the word he desires to worship (in order to be more…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.

— Karl Barth

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

— Saint Francis de Sales

Sir, if a man has a mind to prance, he must study at Christ Church and All Souls.

— Samuel Johnson

If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God;…

— Isidore of Seville

“Our [theological] study informs our prayers, and our prayers enliven our study. We cannot choose between prayer and study; faithful theology requires prayerful study.”

— Kelly Kapic

There is no way of learning to pray but by praying. No reasoned philosophy of prayer ever taught a soul to pray. We know…

— Samuel Chadwick

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Learning to pray doesnt offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart.

— Paul Miller