Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

Man can't do without God. Just like you're thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can't go without God.

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

In other words, our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.

The churches of America are citadels of our faith in individual freedom and human dignity. This faith is the living source of all our spiritual strength. And this strength is our matchless armor in our world-wide struggle against the forces of godless tyranny and oppression.

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.