"Prayer is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of life. Prayer is the desire to possess God Himself"

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When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.

— Marcus Aurelius