It is well to know that prayer is not compounded of words, words that may fail to express what one desires to say, words that so often cloak inconsistencies, words that may have no deeper source than the physical organs of speech, words that may be spoken to impress mortal ears. The dumb may pray, and that too with the eloquence that prevails in heaven. Prayer is made up of heart throbs and the righteous yearnings of the soul, of supplication based on the realization of need, of contrition and pure desire.
James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 238 as quoted in Carlos E. Assay, “The Language and Pattern of Prayer,” Prayer. Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT. 1978. P.40
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