Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the true God — that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying.


The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)

W. H. Auden Quotes

Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the true God — that he completely...

Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the true God — that he completely...

Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the true God — that he completely...

Whenever a man so concentrates his attention — on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the true God — that he completely...