All Quotes By Tag: Prayer

“Blessed are the generous in love: for theirs is the Love of the Goddess.Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Blessed are the poor: for they shall inherit the Earth.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after the knowledge: for they shall be enlightened.Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall be loved by the Goddess.Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the avatars of the Goddess.Blessed are they who are persecuted: for theirs will be the Goddesses’ justice.Blessed are you of the Goddess when the ignorant shall revile you,And persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the Goddesses sake.”

“Remember. Your breath is a prayer.”

“The padres set great store by addressing prayer to personal gods: ‘Genuine prayer exists only in religions in which there is a God as a person and a shape and endowed with a will.’That was stated by a famous Protestant. The anarch does not want to have anything to do with that conception. As for the One God: while he may be able to shape persons, he is not a person himself, and the he is already a patriarchal prejudice.A neuter One is beyond our grasp, while man converses ten with the Many Gods on equal terms, whether as their inventor or as their discoverer. In any case, it is man who named the gods. This is not to be confused with a high level soliloquy. Divinity must, without a doubt, be inside us and recognized as being inside us; otherwise we would have no concept of gods.”

“We could all use the power of prayer now and then, but it seems to me that the people who are sure they have a direct line to heaven are most often calling collect with bad news.”

“…aconsejaría yo a los que tienen oración, en especial al principio, procuren amistad y trato con otras personas que traten de lo mismo. Es cosa importantísima, aunque no sea sino ayudarse unos a otros con sus oraciones, ¡cuánto más que hay muchas más ganancias! Y no sé yo por qué no se ha de permitir que quien comenzare de veras a amar a Dios y a servirle, deje de tratar con algunas personas sus placeres y trabajos, que de todo tienen los que tienen oración.”

“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.”

“There is nothing like being told to go fuck yourself by the same person who was, only days before, praying on your behalf.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It is the desire to appropriate, to take unto yourself what is not yours that causes the horrible feeling of separation.”

“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.”

“Divinely Fabulous Inside & Out!”