“Closing my eyes and holding still. It's the end if I get mad or scream. It's close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That's what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters.” IfsHumansStillsEndsEyeLyingHatePrayerBrotherJudgmentMadScreamBrothers And SistersClosingClosing My Eyes Author:Kenji Goto
“I know several couples who experienced adultery in their marriages, but because in each case there was a wife who was willing to pray and a husband open to allowing God to change and restore him, the marriages are still intact and successful today. Only prayer, a submitted heart, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit can work those kinds of miracles.” KnowsHeartKindStillsTodaySpiritPrayerCasesSuccessfulWifeWillingPrayingCoupleHolyHusbandMiracleHoly SpiritAllowingAdulteryTransforming Book:The Power of a Praying® Wife Source: The Power of a Praying® Wife
“The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.” StillsHelpingHomeOrderPrayerUnitedSunGreaterJourneyDivineHigherCharitySaintAtmosphereHeavenlyFillingBrightnessDivine OrderHeavenly Home Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!” MindMadeStillsPrayerOfficeAnd LovePraiseImperfectCommunionBlessedness Book:The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Etc Source: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Etc
“After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies". That is still a good prayer for all of us as we begin the twenty-first century.” GivingMindFirstsHumansMayStillsEndsHandsSpiritPrayerCenturyRevolutionPrayingProgramMercyAccountsTwentiesSteadfastSketchingHuman FamilyScientific RevolutionGood Prayer Author:Freeman Dyson
“But have you wine and music still,And statues and a bright-eyed love,And foolish thoughts of good and ill,And prayers to them who sit above?” StillsPrayerWineIllFoolishStatues Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems