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Him Quotes by Brother Lawrence
- 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…
- 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…
- 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, 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…
- We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it…
- In order to form a habit of conversing with GOD continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him…
- The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking…
- God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
- Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.
- Having found in many books different methods of going to GOD, and divers practices of the spiritual life, I thought this would serve rather to…
- Let all our employment be to know GOD: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly…
- The more we know Him, the more we will desire to know Him. As love increases with knowledge, the more we know God, the more…
- Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable…
- We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if…
- We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception…
- O my God, since thou art with me, and i must now, in obedience to thy commands, apply my mind to these outward things, i…
- He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for…
- A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and…
- I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of GOD. For my part I keep myself retired with…
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden