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"Pagodas are, like mosques, true houses of prayer; ?Tis prayer that church bells waft upon the air; Kaaba and temple, rosary and cross, All are but divers tongues of world-wide prayer." »Omar Khayyam
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"If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths." »Alexis Carrel
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"Who rises from a prayer a better man, his prayer is answered." »George Meredith
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"The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless." »William Franklin Billy Graham
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"To saints their very slumber is a prayer." »Saint Jerome
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"prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays." »Sren Aaby Kierkegaard
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"The fewer the words, the better the prayer." »Martin Luther
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"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." »Johannes Meister Eckhart
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is thank you, that would suffice." »Meister Eckhart
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"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God." »Saint Teresa of Avila
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"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice." »Meister Eckhart
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"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." »Mark Twain
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"A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward." »Phillips Brooks
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"Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one bothered to ask." »Billy Graham
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"prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand." »Hippocrates
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"prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living." »Abraham Joshua Heschel
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"prayer is .... the salve on the wounds of our spirit that we order from God in our moments with Him." »Unknown
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"I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God or not). So, any prayer on my part is a conscious response to what God is already doing in my life." »Malcolm Boyd
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"Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind." »Tyron Edwards
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"One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer." »G. E. Lessing
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"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing." »Herbert Clark Hoover
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"prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God." »John Bunyan
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"prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon." »Martin Luther
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"Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men in praise we act like angels." »Thomas John Watson, Sr.
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." »Voltaire
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it." »Voltaire
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"We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place." »Ronald Reagan
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"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer." »Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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"Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind." »Prophet Mohammed, Muslim & Bukhari
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"Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight ... for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. (Prayer while orbiting the earth in a space capsule)" »L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
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