NICE QUOTES ON PRAYER

"I see him in the corridor of desperation..." … a dozen quotes on prayer…. And God… Quotes from a saint, a sage, a statesman, a philosopher, a poet, an author, a physician-novelist ... (01) “Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” - Mahatma Gandhi (02) “I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.” - Friedrich Nietzsche (03) “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” - Søren Kierkegaard (04) “I talk to God but the sky is empty.” - Sylvia Plath (05) “Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.” - Gordon B. Hinckley (06) “Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.” - Robert Frost (07) “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” - Bruce Lee (08) “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” - St. Francis of Assisi (09) “Every night I pray - I whisper into a megaphone, not only so God is sure to hear, but also my neighbors, because I pray to God that He’ll deliver pestilence and plague to the residents next door. I even tell God the exact address, as if He can’t read my heart. But it’s not for His benefit, it’s for my neighbors’.” - Jarod Kintz (10) “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me insufficient for that day.” - Abraham Lincoln (11) “...there is a God, there always has been. I see Him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] corridor of desperation. This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him... there is a God, there has to be, and now I will pray, I will pray that He will forgive that I have neglected Him all of these years, forgive that I have betrayed, lied, and sinned with impunity only to turn to Him now in my hour of need. I pray that He is as merciful, benevolent, and gracious as His book says He is.” - Khaled Hosseini. (12) “Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”