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 for His sake, and to love Him only.
BROTHER LAWRENCEIt is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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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 to Him. You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware.
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The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
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I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
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It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
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If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.
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If we are truly devoted to doing God’s will, pain and pleasure won’t make any difference to us.
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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.
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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.
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Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.
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Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!
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That all things are possible to him who believes, that they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are more easy to him who loves, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the practice of these three virtues.
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Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
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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.
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Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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