Frederick William Robertson Quotes

We find, sooner or later, that in prayer we either abandon ourselves or we abandon prayer.

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

Think of God; attachments will gradually drop away. If you wait till all desires disappear before starting your devotion and prayer, you will have to wait for a very long time indeed.

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

When you meditate or pray... both are forms of meditation... you give up control and find the answer and you open yourself to receive God's gift, the universal force, or whatever that is.

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

I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control.

I hit my knees and I went to him with that and I said God I want to do what you want. I don't want sports to be an idol in my life.

It's very important to have that prayer life. It's very important to communicate always.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.

In order to have a peace that surpasses all understanding, you have to give up your right to understand

Prayer is the thermometer of grace.

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

A sannyasin has to relax to that total state of let-go when everything happens and nothing is done.

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice.

Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.

Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is all gone, only Thou remainest." "I am Thou." Blame none; if evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad.

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.

Pray; and as you pray, surrender; and as you surrender, believe.

To pray well is the better half of study.

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