#prays

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#greater #his #meditation #more #own

A man can preach no better than he prays. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#man #prays #preach #than

Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'. ↗

— Edith Stein

#every #holy #holy spirit #living #means

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#chief #forgotten #generally #his #life

Sometimes we intentionally blind ourselves. We find poor substitutes for the things we lack: friends, family, love. And that substitute becomes almost addictive, to the point where we continue to try to turn it into the real thing, or convince ourselves it’s better than having nothing in its stead. But, Kitty, when you do find the real thing, you’ll wonder why you ever settled for anything less. ↗

— Caitlin Elyse

#heaven-prays-hell-preys #immortal-wars #family

Each one prays to God according to his own light. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#each #god #his #light #own

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#bear #deepest #must #others #peace