“When you pray, rather let your heart be without words then your words without heart.”
John Bunyan (1628–1688) English Christian writer and preacher
Variant: In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
“Let your actions defend you, not your words.”
— Brandon Sanderson, book The Way of Kings
Source: The Way of Kings
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