Quotes About Spirituality

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.

Prayer is the hand of faith on the door knob of your heart, inviting Jesus to enter.

The paintings are like prayers, relating to wishing for something beyond everyday life.

Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or no degrees.

Puja (worship) is offering to God, prathana (prayer) is demanding from God. When we pray by offering all our karma and even ourselves to God, the prayer fruitifies.

The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.

Go where your best prayers take you.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.

Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day.

No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.

Prayer is the means by which men communicate with God. Revelation is the means by which God communicates with men.

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.

Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.

Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.