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He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

William Law
Christian, Prayer, Happy Life
William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) (1759). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition”, p.403

We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.

William Law
Christian, Prayer, Heart
William Law (1734). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].”, p.266

They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the nature of man; they do not know that they are to learn to pray, and that prayer is to be learnt as they learn other things, by frequency, constancy, and perseverance.

William Law
Christian, Perseverance, Prayer
William Law (1728). “A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection”, p.445

Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.

William Law
Christian, Prayer, Judging
William Law (1734). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection. Repr. [of the 1726 ed.].”, p.77

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