“36. Do you wish to pray? Renounce all things. You then will become heir to all.”

— Evagrius Ponticus

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Evagrius Ponticus 24

Christian monk 345–399

Christina Dodd (1957) American writer

Source: Scent of Darkness

“All the things of the universe are joined with you who smoke the pipe — All send their voices to Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit. When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.”

Black Elk (1863–1950) Oglala Lakota leader

The Sacred Pipe (1953)

“Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

Source: The Wind Through the Keyhole

“As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.”

Georgette Heyer book Venetia

Source: Venetia

“I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?"

I just pray, Daniel. That's all.”

James Patterson book The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Source: The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

“Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.”

Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) Confederate general in the Civil War

Letter purportedly written to his son, G. W. Custis Lee (5 April 1852); published in The New York Sun (26 November 1864). Although the “Duty Letter” was presumed authentic for many decades and included in many biographies of Lee, it was repudiated in December 1864 by “a source entitled to know.” This repudiation was rediscovered by University of Virginia law professor Charles A. Graves who verified that the letter was inconsistent with Lee's biographical facts and letter-writing style. Lee's son also wrote to Graves that he did not recall ever receiving such a letter. “The Forged Letter of General Robert E. Lee”, Proceedings of the 26th annual meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association 17:176 http://books.google.com/books?id=EMkDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA176 (1914)
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