Praying Quotes

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. (Thomas Szasz)
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic? View quote
Lily Tomlin
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. View quote
Mark Twain
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good. View quote
Thomas à Kempis
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity. View quote
Vitruvius
If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; If you talk to the dead, you are a schizophrenic. View quote
Thomas Szasz
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. View quote
Peter O'Toole
Farewell all relations and friends in Christ; farewell acquaintances and all earthly enjoyments; farewell reading and preaching, praying and believing, wanderings, reproaches, and sufferings. View quote
Donald Cargill
Praying is another way of singing. You plant in the tree the soul of lemons. You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. View quote
Dannie Abse
For those of you praying tonight.. Please pray for peace, not revenge... (Alexander Rybak)
Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying - but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic? View quote
Jane Wagner
From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices. View quote
Joseph Priestley
I am still praying for revolution. View quote
Ani DiFranco
I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. View quote
Howard Stern
God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you're praying for a million dollars and God said, "I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested," it's done, in Jesus' name. View quote
Pat Robertson
My gosh, if you're going away, we got a million things to talk about! All the things we would've talked about next month, the month after! Praying mantises, zeppelins, acrobats, sword swallowers! View quote
Ray Bradbury
I believe that we have to strive for a transition to a socialist society ... all the way to communism. I mean I think we should, uh, I think we should all study what the word means and I believe that if everyone knew what the word meant we would all be on our knees praying that we would, as soon as possible, be able to live under, uh, within a communist structure. View quote
Jane Fonda
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. View quote
Epicurus
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and self-seeking and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God; and I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him when he is full already with something else. View quote
Dwight L. Moody
You've never in your life seen a picture, I bet any one of you, never seen a picture of one of these old Pilgrims praying when they didn't have a gun right by the side of them. That was to see that he got what he was praying for. (Will Rogers)
If I were running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for [Barack] Obama but also for the Democrats. View quote
John Howard
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat. View quote
Naguib Mahfouz
We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us? View quote
Abraham Lincoln
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman. Homer Simpson. View quote
Matt Groening