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 LAWRENCELove sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
More Brother Lawrence Quotes
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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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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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In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
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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.
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Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving 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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Loving God and loving one’s neighbor are really the same thing.
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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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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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Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
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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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Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.
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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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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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