I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
BROTHER LAWRENCEPrayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
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Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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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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God as we ought to worship Him. God is Spirit, so we must worship Him in spirit and truth, that is, by a humble and true adoration of spirit in the depth and center of our souls.
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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 worship him in the heart.
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Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving 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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It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
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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.
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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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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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To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.
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Loving God and loving one’s neighbor are really the same thing.
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If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God’s constant presence, if for no other reason than His presence is a delight to our souls and spirit.
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