“Enjoying the least things - a chill glass of water, a moment of play with the cat, the sight of sunlight caught in the frost spangling the locust twigs - is a form of prayer.” PlayMomentsFormEnjoyWaterPrayerCatSightGlassesCaughtSunlightChillFrostTwigs Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial. This is quite obvious to people nowadays, when it is widely recognised that fixations are not the same as valuable and laudable observances. One should not pray if that prayer is vanity; rituals are wrong when they provide lower satisfactions, like emotional stimulus instead of enlightenment; he or she should not be an ascetic who is only enjoying it.” PeopleIfsShouldMeanSelfEnjoyPrayerEmotionalPrayingEnlightenmentSatisfactionObviousValuableVanityRitualBeneficialIndulgenceStimulusObservanceSelf IndulgenceFixation Book:Seeker After Truth Source: Seeker After Truth
“In the name of sense, man, if God made fish to be eaten, what difference does it make if I enjoy the killing of them before I eat them? You would have none but a fisherman by trade do it, and then you would have him utter a sigh, a prayer, and a pious ejaculation at each cod or haddock that he killed.” IfsMenDoeMadeNamesEnjoyDifferencesPrayerSeaRiversTradeKillingFishesBoatLakesFishingSighPiousFishermanEjaculation Book:I Go A-fishing Source: I Go A-fishing
“Through prayer you can gather the riches of heaven and bring them down to earth...you can delight in the beauty of heaven and carry it in your heart...you can enjoy the fellowship of heaven and walk in it throughout the day.” HeartEarthHeavenEnjoyPrayerWalksDelightRichesFellowshipDown To Earth Author:Roy Lessin
“Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.” IfsThinkingFeelsDoeEnjoyPrayerPrayingDoing Nothing Author:Julian of Norwich
“My prayer is to learn new things, imbibe fresh insights. You must not take life too seriously. You must enjoy the process of living.” ProcessEnjoyPrayerInsightNew Things Author:Sonu Nigam