“Common people do not pray; they only beg.”

“Perhaps they thought the Urisk planned to beg for mercy. Perhaps the generals thought the Urisk were praying for some imaginary god to swoop in and save them.In either case, the generals would be wrong. The Urisk aren’t begging for mercy and they aren’t praying to an imaginary god.They’re praying to me.Now pardon me for a moment, I have some swooping and saving to do.”

“The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray”

“Finely dropped her head, squeezed her eyes shut and began silently to do what some might call praying, she called it begging.”

“Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.”

“And the living prayed to their gods and begged for rescue from the armies of the dead, and there was no answer. For there are no gods.”