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“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings

“Male religion entombs women in sepulchres of silence in order to chant its own eternal and dreary dirge to a past that never was.”

Past Religion Order Silence Eternal Males Dreary

Book:Beyond God the Father: toward a philosophy of women's liberation

Source: Beyond God the Father: toward a philosophy of women's liberation

“Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within.”

Want Science Religion Language Behinds Silence Magic Poet Shining Painter Silence Is Daylight Illusionists

Book:Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays

Source: Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays

“Religion is the answer to that cry of Reason which nothing can silence, that aspiration of the soul which no created thing can meet, that want of the heart which all creation cannot supply.”

Want Heart Soul Reason Religion Answers Silence Cry Creation Aspiration

Book:Aspirations of nature

Source: Aspirations of nature

“The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.”

Way Religion Religious Silence Quiet Disputes

Book:Notes on the State of Virginia

Source: Notes on the State of Virginia

“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”

“There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.”