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Prayer Quotes by Brother Lawrence
- 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…
- 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…
- I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only…
- Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence
- 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…
- 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…
- A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable…
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