More quotes by Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

"Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God."
"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try."Now count the times it tells us to "trust."
"The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures."
"I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead."
"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try."Now count the times it tells us to "trust."