“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”
“I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe.”
“I had no tears to shed nor a prayer for the deceased... There is no hope for the hopeless.”
“I shed more tears than God could ever have required.”
“Although unanswered prayer is indeed a theme of the book, it is not the heart of the book, for unanswered prayer describes a problem but offers no solutions.”
“He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.'" The Reb's face tightened, as if in pain. "That," he said, softly, "is a terrible self-indictment." Worse than an unanswered prayer? "Oh yes. It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there.”