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Mahatma Gandhi on Prayer

1869–1948 India

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The prayers of those whose tongues are nectared but whose hearts are full of poison are never heard.

It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

A prayerful heart is the vehicle and service makes the heart prayerful.

Prayer is not an asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is a daily admission of one's weakness.

Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real.

Prayer needs no speech. I have not the slightest doubt that prayer is an unfailing means of cleansing the heart of passions. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mahatma Gandhi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.