Quotes About Spirituality

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

The Christian is not always praying; but within his bosom is a heaven-kindled love--fires of desire, fervent longings--which make him always ready to pray, and often engage him in prayer.

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

The life of prayer is so great and various there is something in it for everyone. It is like a garden which grows everything, from alpines to potatoes.

simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy.

A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.

Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.

Pray, hope, don't worry.

We know the utility of prayer from the efforts of the wicked spirits to distract us during the divine office; and we experience the fruit of prayer in the defeat of our enemies.

Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.

It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

Prayer is ecstatic communication with your innernavigational computer.

The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

Yes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one.

Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.

The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living.

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.