William Shakespeare on Prayer
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“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
“When I would pray and think, I think and pray To several subjects; Heaven hath my empty words.”
“Bow, stubborn knees; and, heart, with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.”
“If you bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight.”
“Rather let my head Stoop to the block than these knees bow to any Save to the God of heaven and to my king.”
“My prayers Are not words duly hallow'd nor my wishes More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes Are all I can return.”
“His worst fault is, that he is given to prayer; he is something peevish that way; but nobody but has his fault; but let that pass.”