Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: profanity prayer language Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: prayer Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. —Douglas Adams More about this quote Tags: belief prayer heaven afterlife Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: wonder life prayer veneration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: joy prayer desire abundance need Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: God belief prayer animals blessing human beings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. —John F. Kennedy More about this quote Tags: life hope strength prayer Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: solitude politics God wisdom society prayer frontier Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful. —William Feather More about this quote Tags: gratitude prayer Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. —Jackie Windspear More about this quote Tags: life gratitude prayer grace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance. —Margaret Mead More about this quote Tags: prayer energy songs dancing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: love strength joy prayer souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing — nothing. —Francis of Assisi More about this quote Tags: God prayer desire want Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
God answers all our prayers. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes the answer is "You've got to be kidding. —Jimmy Carter More about this quote Tags: God prayer answers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked for forgiveness. —Emo Philips More about this quote Tags: forgiveness prayer theft stealing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email