Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Prayer

• He listens equally to the prayers of the believer and the unbeliever.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Spiritual, Prayer, Believer

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.29, Courier Corporation

• The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavernis where they are to take effect, and if the former are good, the latter cannot be bad.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Prayer, Religion, Church

  Henry David Thoreau (1868). “Excursions”, p.108

• Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. "Tell the tailors," said he, "to remember to make a knot in their thread before they take the first stitch." His companion's prayer is forgotten.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Prayer, Truth, Firsts

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.514, Delphi Classics

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