A Quote by Hortense Calisher

perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.

Hortense Calisher

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Hortense Calisher
American - Writer
December 20, 1911 - January 13, 2009

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

John Gay

God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

Hannibal

Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another.

John Gay

Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain one moment without thought, great power will come.

Swami Vivekananda

The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than a razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom.

Philip K. Dick

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit.

Jeremy Taylor

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

Bill W.

Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.

Ilchi Lee

The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.

Dwight L. Moody

I have been challenged by the concept of meditation ... I decided recently to accept the invitation of a friend to experience the sheer silence of meditation-undirected prayer. ... I had before only sensed intellectually ... But by going deep into prayer I could almost feel it.

Laurie Beth Jones

All prayers are answered. We need to distinguish between a prayer unanswered, and one not answered how or when we would like it to be.

Lloyd John Ogilvie

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Chiang Kai-shek

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Madame de Stael

Prayer doesn’t work. Perhaps it makes the believer feel better (in the same way that meditation or deep thought would), but prayer doesn’t actually affect the external world. Not only is it ineffective, but it is also a very narcissistic practice… why would a 'God' change its 'Divine Plan' to accommodate any person’s wishes?