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It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer, Vanity, Odds
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2008). “Barcelona, Berlin, New York, 1928-1931”
It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.