Ralph Waldo Emerson
2017 citations

Prayer that craves a particular commodity—anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good. But prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.81, Cosimo, Inc.

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