Act Quote by Richard Powers Download Open image “Reading is the last act of secular prayer.” — Richard Powers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Last Lasts Prayer Reading Secular
“The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who is speaking,… — David B Currie Copy Share Image
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who is speaking,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however… — St. Teresa Of Avila Copy Share Image
In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“If we read the Word and do not pray, we may become puffed up with knowledge, without the love that buildeth up. If we… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible reading. By reading that book we may learn what to believe,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
If you're going to immerse yourself in a project for three years, why not stake out a chunk of the world that is completely… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me that half of life’s problems would be solved if one of us had a vagina.” — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“Information may travel at light speed, but meaning spreads at the speed of dark.” — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
We will live with racism for ever. But senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time. A century… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing to do… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
