Brother Lawrence Quotes

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• 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 humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Mean, Practice

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “Spiritual Maxims of Brother Lawrence”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.

  Brother Lawrence

  God, Teacher, Prayer

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• There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Conversations With God, Christianity, Lifestyle

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• 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 persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Kitchen, Doe

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “Mystical Paths to God: Three Journeys”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think.

  Brother Lawrence

  Heart, Past, Thinking

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• And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Saint, Littles, Serving Others

  "The Brother Lawrence Collection".

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• 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 for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.

  Brother Lawrence

  Hope, Practice, Three

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.

  Brother Lawrence

  Worship, Truth Is, Worship God

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• We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humility, Greatness, Littles

  Brother Lawrence (2015). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.12, Booklassic

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• The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Practice, Important

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• My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to remain with You, in Your presence. Work with me, so that my work might be the very best. Receive as an offering of love both my work and all my affections.

  Brother Lawrence

  Offering, Grace, Might

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, God's Presence

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• It is possible for us to live in the very sense of the Lord's presence, under even the most difficult circumstances. If you and I are going to enjoy the peace of paradise during this life we must become accustomed to a familiar, humble, and very affectionate conversation with the Lord Jesus.

  Brother Lawrence

  Jesus, Humble, Paradise

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• It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.

  Brother Lawrence

  God, Greatness, Done

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• In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure.

  Brother Lawrence

  Heart, Thinking, Order

  Brother Lawrence, Aeterna Press (1905). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.32, Aeterna Press

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• There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.

  Brother Lawrence

  Sweet, Prayer, Practice

  Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.20, Baker Books

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• People seek methods of learning to know God. Is it not much shorter and more direct to simply do everything for the love of Him? There is no finesse about it. One only has to do it generously and simply.

  Brother Lawrence

  People, Finesse, Method

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• 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 there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king.

  Brother Lawrence

  Kings, Cake, Grace

  Brother Lawrence (2006). “The Practice of the Presence of God, and the Spiritual Maxims”, p.61, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality.

  Brother Lawrence

  Teacher, Spirituality, Emptiness

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• Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.

  Brother Lawrence

  Thinking, Vanity, Life Is

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims”, p.33, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.

  Brother Lawrence

  Thinking, Encounters, Goes On

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• You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Thinking, Needs

  Brother Lawrence, Aeterna Press (1905). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.25, Aeterna Press

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• Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing.

  Brother Lawrence

  Neighbor, Loving God

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Brother Lawrence Collection”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Soul, Secret

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• Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.

  Brother Lawrence

  Sleep, Practice, Gale

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