Mary Baker Eddy Prayer Quotations

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.

I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth’s appearing.

What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.

The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God ...

Prayer is not to be used as a confessional, to cancel sin. Such an error would impede true religion. Sin is forgiven only as it is destroyed by Christ - Truth and Light.

Consistent prayer is the desire to do right.