The act of praying is the very highest energy of which the human mind is capable; praying, that is, with the total concentration of the faculties. The great mass of worldly men and of learned men are absolutely incapable of prayer.
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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
No man was ever yet a great poet, without at the same time being a profound philosopher.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
