"I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals"

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays"

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart"

"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening"

"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"

"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer"

"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness"

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it"

"I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer"