Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busy-ness takes over.