“Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed,—
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.”
What is Prayer?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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“Mean time the Queen wounded with deep desire,
Bleeds inward, and consumes in hidden Fire.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“I regret to say I'm
unable to reply to your unexpressed desires.”

Section 2 : Religion
Founding Address (1876), Life and Destiny (1913)
Context: Of the origin of things we know nothing, and can know nothing. Perfection does not reveal itself to us as existent in the beginning; but as something that ought to be, something new which we are to help create. Somehow the secret of the universe is hidden in our breast. Somehow the destinies of the universe depend upon our exertions.
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)