Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.