It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God’s will – that is my whole business.
BROTHER LAWRENCEIn the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.
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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.
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God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
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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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Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.
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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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Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
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Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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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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Loving God and loving one’s neighbor are really the same thing.
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Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? ‘Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.
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The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
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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 to God.
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Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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