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Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

Georgia Harkness

Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.

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To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer.

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Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power.

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We all know how to pray better than we practice what we know!

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Everybody, whether or not he puts the question vocally, wants to know whether life has any meaning, what his relation is to 'whatever gods there be,' why he is here, what his destiny is, how sin and pain may be overcome, whether prayer matters, what lies beyond death for himself and his loved ones.

Georgia Harkness

The truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

Georgia Harkness

Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.

Georgia Harkness

Georgia Harkness

Georgia Harkness

Born: April 21, 1891

Died: August 21, 1974 (aged 83)

Bio: Georgia Elma Harkness was a Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition.

Known for:

Prayer and the Common Life (1929)
Understanding the Kingdom of God (1974)
Toward Understanding the Bible (1952)
The sources of Western morality (1954)
The Church and the Immigrant (1921)

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