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 LAWRENCEThe world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God’s presence
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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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I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
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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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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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If we are truly devoted to doing God’s will, pain and pleasure won’t make any difference to us.
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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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Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
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That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.
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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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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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