Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought.—Anonymous
Matthew 6:7 (NIV)
7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PRAYER".