Litany Quotes

“Fear is the mind-killer.”
― Frank Herbert , Dune

“True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we pray in the open street or in the secrecy of our chambers, whether briefly or lenghtily, in the Litany of the Church, or with the sigh of one who knows not what he should pray for. True prayer does not depend either on the individual or the whole body of the faithful, but solely upon the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows our needs.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

“And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air”
― Billy Collins

“If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.”
― Elias Canetti, Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice

“Not to go on all-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to eat Flesh nor Fish; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to claw Bark of Tree; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not Men?”
― H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau