Brother Lawrence Quotes

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• You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.
• We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.
• One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too…
• The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several…
• It is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelet in the pan for the love of God.
• The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who…
• There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
• Men invent means and methods of coming at God''s love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it…
• What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and…
• If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason…
• Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible…
• That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or…
• That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling…
• That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that…
• That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, that we may beg His assistance for…
• That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.
• That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine…
• That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after…
• I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
• There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God.

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