"Prayer in private results in boldness in public."
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"Every wish Is like a prayer--with God."
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"When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly."
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"The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father."
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"It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity."
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"Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return."
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"A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God."
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"Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian."
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"I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering."
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"You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
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"The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves."
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"Now I am past all comforts here, but prayer."
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"Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!"
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"I believe in religion against the religious; in the pitifulness of orisons, and in the sublimity of prayer."
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"[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary."
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"His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for He can rightly tell us that we don't know what we're asking for (cf. Mt. 20:22). The whole aim of any person who is beginning prayer ? and don't forget this, because it's very important ? should be that he work and prepare himself with determination and every possible effort to bring his will into conformity with God's will."
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"The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it."
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"We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased."
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"The Christian is not always praying; but within his bosom is a heaven-kindled love--fires of desire, fervent longings--which make him always ready to pray, and often engage him in prayer."
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"Prayer flies where the eagle never flew."
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