All Quotes By Tag: Prayer
“I love the freedom of my wings. I love the empty space above the ground. I rejoice in my freedom. Freedom is my religion. Peace is my God. Love is my worship.”
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“God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.”
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“Religio”, as we know, harks back to a word (re-ligio) meaning “bond” and that is precisely what the anarch rejects. He does not go in for Moses with the Ten Commandments or, indeed, for any prophets. Nor does he wish to hear anything concerning gods or rumors about them, except as a historian – or unless they appear to him. That is when the conflicts begin.So, if I state, “in order to pray,” I am following an innate instinct that is no weaker than the sexual drive – in fact, even stronger. The two are alike insofar as foul things can happen when they are suppressed.”
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“the only unfailing guide I’ve ever found through the innumerable blind alleys of my life as a writer, man, husband, father, citizen, steward, or believer, is the love burning in my heart. for me, prayer is about one thing: making contact with that love. though it burns in there like a candle flame, hot, bright, beautiful, love’s flame is so fragile… keeping one’s love burning, and living in accord with that burning: this, to me, is prayer.”
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“I don’t believe in school prayer. I think it’s total nonsense…who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school…what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it’s crazy.”
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“It is the desire to appropriate, to take unto yourself what is not yours that causes the horrible feeling of separation.”
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“Prayer is the water that chisels away the rock of self-importance.”
“I am like a deep, still mountain lake. The surface is a mirror that reflects the sky above. I await in tranquility for the breath of God to move across me.”
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“Divinely Fabulous Inside & Out!”
“Be The Leader, Author, & Star of Your Own Life Story!”
“Prayer is not meant to always give us the answers we want. It is not the resting place upon which the scales of our faith and trust are balanced. It is not the reason for faith, but rather the result of a faith we already have.”
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“You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.”
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“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”
“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”