Evening Prayer Quotes

• The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Prayer, Sleep, Men

  Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden (2006). “Intimate Journals”, p.111, Courier Corporation

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• May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.

  John Henry Newman

  Long, Giving, Support

  'Wisdom and Innocence' (19 February 1843), in 'Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day' (1843) no. 20

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  If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

  Meister Eckhart

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

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• Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Good Morning, Prayer, Good Day

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.

  Sholom Aleichem

  Prayer, Father, Blessing

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• A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Morning, Prayer, Evening

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• We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment of our lives is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth.

  Susan L. Taylor

  God, Morning, Prayer

  Susan L. Taylor (2010). “Lessons in Living”, p.35, Anchor

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• It was in His parting sorrow--that Jesus asked His disciples to remember Him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for ever since has His name been breathed in morning and evening prayers that none can count, and has brought down some gift of sanctity and peace on the anguish of bereavement, and the remorse of sin.

  James Martineau

  Jesus, Morning, Prayer

  James Martineau (1905). “A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons”

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• The Hindus are busy letting themselves be seen riding in Cadillacs instead of smearing themselves with sandalwood paste and bowing in front of Ganpati. The Moslems would rather miss evening prayer than the new Disney movie. The Buddhists think it's more important to take over in the name of Stalin and Progress than to meditate on the four basic sorrows. And we don't even have to mention Christianity or Judaism.

  Paul Bowles

  Buddhist, Prayer, Thinking

  Paul Bowles (2002). “The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House”

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