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1		"We need but be silent and be who we are, and let Prayer, the Spirit of All Prayer, pray within us." Centering Prayer, Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form (M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.)

2		"My prayer is that my life be meaningful in the enhancement of His Kingdom on earth, enhancement of the lives of my fellow human beings." James Earl Carter (b.1924), 39th American President, interview with religious leaders, Indianapolis, December 1976 The Great Thoughts (George Seldes, compiler)

3		"Whatever degree of prayer one is in, it is love that is primary." Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel - on Prayer' (Thomas Dubay, S.M.)

4		"The healing Spirit of God is in the wind and the sun and in the little creeping things upon the earth and is most certainly available to the one who prays with faith." The Healing Gifts of the Spirit (Agnes Sanford)

5		"The Shahadah is the Islamic prayer of unity: 'La illaha illa Ilah hu' (Nothing exists save God). It is like the Jewish prayer: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is One.'" One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from World Faiths (Matthew Fox)

6		"The Lord is calling us into the prayer of listening….Listening prayer means meeting the Lord at the depth of our being." Rejoice in Me (David E. Rosage)

7		"Prayer embodies the emotional energy that carries the journey forward." Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (James Finley)

8		"You are not separate from other beings or the environment. This understanding cannot be merely intellectual. It must be experiential, the insight gained by deep touching and deep looking in a daily life of prayer, contemplation, and meditation." Living Buddha, Living Christ (Thich Nhat Hanh)

9		"Our prayers are like seeds which have their seasons of blossoming and of fruitfulness." Rediscovering the Angels (Flower A. Newhouse)

10		"Call Them by what name you choose, the most cherished belief of humanity is that there exists in the world always and for ever a hidden Reality, Those Who have conquered death, Who possess illimitable powers to help, and Who can be reached by prayer and invocation." The Externalization of the Hierarchy (Alice A. Bailey)

11		"I strive to heal the souls of my brethren with prayer." The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony (Basil Valentine)

12		"Prayer is your way through darkness, prayer is your way into the light, prayer is your way to maintain your field of grace." Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul (Caroline Myss)

13		"Show me one thing. Show it to me more clearly and deeply. Show me what this, which is happening at this very moment, means to me – what it demands of me – what You, Lord of the World, are telling me by way of it." Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev Miraculous Living (Rabbi Shoni Labowitz)

14		"Prayer of the ancient past becomes the present effort of the distant future." Discipleship in the New Age (Alice A. Bailey)

15		"Prayer is God, who accomplishes everything in everyone." St. Gregory of Sinai, 'On Commandments and Doctrines' The Philokalia, volume 4 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos and St. Makarios)

16		"When you pray with all your heart, the Holy Spirit is in you, and as you continue to pray, the Holy Spirit continues in you. You do not need to do anything else." Living Buddha, Living Christ (Thich Nhat Hanh)

17		"When we pray in accordance with the law of love, we are praying in accordance with the will of God." The Healing Light (Agnes Sanford)

18		"We may transcend a sense of separateness by meditating on the perception of oneness." The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience (Ralph Metzner)

19		"This planet is going to make some decisions soon…..As you go about your life, for a thousand moments every day, hold this planet in your awareness. See it glowing with wonder, power, love, peace, harmony and wholeness. See it safe beyond the limitations and chaos the mind of man has created. See all the boundaries dissolving and see nothing but a sphere of energy, unified, beautiful, clear, joined, uplifted. The planet needs your help." Reflections of an Elder Brother: Awakening from the Dream (Mary-Margaret Moore)

20		"Prayer, psychologically speaking, is the release of God from our unconscious or our depths so as to permeate our consciousness." WHEE! We, wee All the Way Home (Matthew Fox)

21		"To learn how to pray is to learn how to pronounce your own sacred word – go speak yourself! To learn to pray is not to learn some method. It is to know who you are and to be who you are supposed to be!" Ed Hays, contemporary American priest, mystical theologian, 'The Man Who Was the Lord's Prayer' Centering Prayer, Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form (M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.)

22		"Meister Eckhart describes prayer at its best as a sinking down into 'God's dearest will', a lovely phrase which of course can be taken naively but might also be understood as the affectionate and benign source of our lives." The Soul's Religion, Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life (Thomas Moore)

23		"To have a prayerful approach to people is to have eyes to see, a mind intent upon seeing, a heart hopeful of seeing the image of God in each person I meet, to see them in themselves and in God." Douglas Rhymes, contemporary English priest and author The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

24		"Even in social intercourse, in attending to business, etc., it is possible to continue the contemplative attitude by binding oneself to the spiritual core of the matter." The Messianic Idea in Judaism, And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality (Gershom Scholem)

25		"Prayer gives thanks for blessings received and asks for failures to be forgiven and for power to strengthen us for the future; for without God's help the soul can indeed do nothing." St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)