Quotes from Brother Lawrence
Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility.
— Brother Lawrence
Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.
— Brother Lawrence
The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God.
— Brother Lawrence
In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
— Brother Lawrence
Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
— Brother Lawrence
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.
— Brother Lawrence
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.
— Brother Lawrence
If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.
— Brother Lawrence
That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD's Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries.
— Brother Lawrence
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 Lawrence
Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.
— Brother Lawrence
We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen.
— Brother Lawrence