Watching without praying is self-confidence and self- conceit. Praying without watching is enthusiasm and fanaticism. The man who knows his own weakness, and knowing it both watches and prays, is the man that will be held up and not allowed to fall.
Ryle, J. C. (John Charles), 1816–1900 • SECTION 292
MARK, CHAP. XIV. 321
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