Etty Hillesum Quotes

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

Spirituality - prayer - is a big part of my life.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Prayer is the most important thing that I do.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

It's really important to me to pray.

Being religious and spiritual makes me feel good.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

Each morning and night I get down on my knees and thank God for my life and ask Him to make me grateful all the time instead of just most of the time.

God, find us on our knees because we know that when we get our knees, You extend Your powerful right hand.

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

When a man falls on his knees and stretches his hands heavenward, he is doing the most natural thing in the world.

I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the time — for self-control, for humility. There's a lot of gratitude in it. Just saying 'thank you' sometimes is better than asking for things.

Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.

Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and sometimes I need to be a Catholic and need to purge my sins and confess. It just depends on where I am.

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.