"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
2007-05-06 10:21:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It does not belong to Capote-- it is from Oscar Wilde. It is expressing the painful spiritual truth that God knows better than ourselves in terms of what we truly need.
2007-05-06 11:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Answered Prayers Truman Capote
2016-10-07 08:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is a personal interpretation OK? To pray means to be on God's team... a very tough job. I spent months praying to win the heart of my beloved, only to lose him to cancer two years later. Quite a few tears were spent on that answer. As for prayers that never were 'answered', I never knew what I was missing. When you work for God you get slammed. I wouldn't bother except for the great retirement plan!
2007-05-06 11:23:47 · answer #3 · answered by Query 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answered prayers can come in two forms...just answered or answered with a cost of something or to someone...and those types of cost are more or can be more grievous than not. Unanswered prayers allow us to go on and learn that not all is perfect and well in our world and we must cope and find our own solutions.
2007-05-06 10:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the "grass is always greener, or "careful what you wish for" phenomenon.
Having your prayers answered assumes that what we want will turn out well.
You may wish for time away from work or school. You may get your wish -- in the form of a car accident.
2007-05-06 10:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like this quote, I don't believe in praying. Everything has a 50/50 chance praying or not. You get a yes and you think it's because you prayed? Whatever noobs. I quit praying a year ago and I never felt better.
2007-05-06 10:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by lemon cheese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means we end up being hurt by the things we think we want. When we're wishing for them all we see is the upside. When we get them, we see all sides, and we beat ourselves up for having longed for them in the first place. On the flipside, when we don't get things we want there may be the occasional longing, but none of the painful reality. I for one wanted to be in my current profession so bad it was all that mattered to me for a while - now I'm there and it is just one big ball of stress and drama. So I get what he means.
2007-05-06 13:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by TJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It s not Capote or Wilde it s St. Teresa of Avila.
2017-03-21 22:25:47 · answer #8 · answered by Deyan289 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it means sometimes the outcomes of what we wish for are even worst than not having what we wish for to begin with , in general i guess it means u never know where good lays ... it could lay in what we wish for , or not ........
2007-05-06 10:31:00 · answer #9 · answered by babyKitten 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He believed more in editing than in writing. .
2016-04-01 11:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋