But now I understood that, although words were God's first creation, silence was closer to His divine spirit, and that prayers given in silence were infinitely greater than the thousands of words men might offer up to heaven.
If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!
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Alexander Pope
Writing is prayer.
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Franz Kafka
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
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Martin Luther
I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.
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Nicholas Sparks
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
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Thomas Aquinas
More Quotes By Alice Hoffman
There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.
Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.
...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.
