"Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent things, and opening of the heart. To ask for earthly benefits, to reel out a list of requirements and expect them to be supplied is not prayer. It is putting God in the same category as an intelligent grocer."

-- D.E. Stevenson

#Prayer Quotes #Heart Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself.”
“It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so, it would be no argument against the absolute sceptic, inasmuch as he does not admit that no contradictory propositions are true. Indeed, it would be impossible to move such a man, for his scepticism consists in considering every argument and never deciding upon its validity; he would, therefore, act in this way in reference to the arguments brought against him.”
“Utter truth is essential...andto get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.”
“At one time I was praying for the salvation of sinners, and the Saviour appeared on the cross by me, and talked with me; I laid my hand on his mangled body, and looked up in his smiling face. Another time I was meditating upon the love of God in giving his only Son to die for sinners, and of the beautiful home he was preparing for those who love him, and I seemed to float away, and was set down in the Beautiful City. Oh, the glorious sight that met my view can never be expressed by mortal tongue”

Source : Maria Woodworth-Etter (1997). “Signs & Wonders”, p.10, Whitaker House
“I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives.”
“How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.”
“Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information”
“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”

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