"Undoubtedly, prayer requires a living faith in God. Successful satyagraha is inconceivable without that faith."
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"The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world."
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"Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul."
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"The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer."
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"My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya."
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"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour."
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"It's more important to put the own heart in the prayer than to put other's words with nothing of the own heart."
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"Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support."
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"A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God."
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"A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship."
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"Buddhism in one long prayer."
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"A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer."
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"Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility."
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"Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares."
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"A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement."
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"Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been."
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"Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago."
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"The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me."
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"My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time."
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"Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise."
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