“Praying is talking to God. Meditating is listening.”

“Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?”

“Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?”

“If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; If you talk to the dead, you are a schizophrenic.”

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”

“You are required to pray, meditate and practice whatever you have been teaching to others.”

“She prays to God most every night
And though she swears he doesn't listen there's a little hope in her he might.”

“You’re saying God is all made up, but okay, who cares? People say, “I can’t pray because I feel like I’m talking to myself.” The rabbi would say, “Pray! That’s so good. Go talk to yourself.””

“When you pray is there anyone there listening?”

“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.”