The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

The task of life is to face sacred moments.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.