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“If the one who offers prayer knew how much divine mercy is descending upon him, he would surely not raise his head from prostration.”
— Ali, Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim (Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech). p. 710. Translated by Tahir Ridha Jaffer. Ansariyan Publications - Qum (2012).
“He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.”
— George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), No. 89.
“I find that prayers don’t work when you need them most. Unless you answer them for yourself.”
— Charles Sheffield, The Mind Pool (1993), , p. 259 (Chapter 26)
“Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold upon God's willingness.”
— Phillips Brooks, p. 458.
“Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.”
— James Martineau, p. 466.
“O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.”
— Author unknown. Prayer of Breton fishermen. President John F. Kennedy had on his desk a plaque with these words, given to him by Admiral Hyman Rickover, who gave one like it to the commanding officer of each new Polaris submarine. Tazewell Taylor Shepard, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Man of the Sea (1965), p. 23.

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