Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.

—William Feather

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About William Feather

William A. Feather (August 25, 1889 – January 7, 1981) was an American publisher and writer, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.

—William Feather

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

—William Feather

A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.

—William Feather

The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.

—William Feather

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

—William Feather

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Once, perhaps, the God-intoxicated few could abscond to the wild frontiers, the forests, the desert places to keep alive the perennial wisdom that they harbored. But no longer. They must now become a political force or their tradition perishes. Soon enough, there will be no solitude left for the saints to roam but its air will shudder with a noise of great engines that drowns out all prayers.

—Theodore Roszak

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

—John F. Kennedy

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It was quite incomprehensible to me …why in my evening prayers I should pray for human beings only. So when my mother had prayed with me and had kissed me goodnight, I used to add silently a prayer that I had composed myself for all living creatures. It ran thus: "O Heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath; guard them from all evil, and let them sleep in peace. "

—Albert Schweitzer

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You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your abundance.

—Kahlil Gibran

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A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.

—Albert Schweitzer

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