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Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Has Beens
Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Haribhai Desai (1947). “The Nation's Voice”

A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Mean, Unity

A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Prayer, Selfish
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Prayer, Clouds
Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Prayer, Ciphers
Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.45, North Atlantic Books

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Prayer, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.91, Rajpal & Sons

Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.

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Prayer, Action, Vain
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Bird, May
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.364, Oxford University Press

Undoubtedly, prayer requires a living faith in God. Successful satyagraha is inconceivable without that faith.

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God, Prayer, Successful
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.31, New Directions Publishing

Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.

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Prayer, Fasting, Common
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.192, Tara Publishing

My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya.

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Kings, Prayer, Son
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.

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Prayer, Humility, Independent
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.31, Courier Corporation

A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people.

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Prayer, Heart, People

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.

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Art, Prayer, Sacrifice

It's more important to put the own heart in the prayer than to put other's words with nothing of the own heart.

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Prayer, Heart, Important

Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support.

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God, Prayer, Heart
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable.

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Prayer, Fasting, Done
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.

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Prayer, Inward, Communion
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.

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Prayer, Exercise, Ears
Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Ramanama”

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

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Prayer, Mean, Orderliness
Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, North Atlantic Books

A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.

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Prayer, Essentials, Scripture
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.

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Prayer, Prelude, Inaction
Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.

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Prayer, Lying, Noise
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.31, Courier Corporation

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.

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Prayer, Honorable, Nations

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

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Prayer, Heart, Rely Upon