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Brother Lawrence, originally named John Lawrence, was a French Catholic monk known for his profound insights into everyday life and his faith in the presence of God. His life and thoughts have had a profound impact on posterity.

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Famous Brother Lawrence Quotes

“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.”

Should Spirit Sleep Practice Holy Holy Spirit Preacher Presence Of God Gale

Author:Brother Lawrence

“Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of God, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.”

Should Long Pain Asks Virtue Bears Please Have Courage Deliverance

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims

“If we knew how much He loves us, we should be always ready to receive equally and with indifference from His hand the sweet and the bitter; all would please that came from Him.”

Ifs Should Hands Ready Sweet Please Bitter Indifference

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God

“We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.”

Giving Should Soul Matter Spiritual Joy Suffering Pure Contentment Conception Consolation Abandonment Lofty Presence Of God Great Joy

Author: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.”

Thinking Should Conversation Quitting Trifles Shameful Presence Of God God's Presence Foolery

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims

“GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.”

Should Soul Desire Pleasure Worship Gods Will Reasonable Permit Devoted

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God

“One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.”

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Book:The Brother Lawrence Collection

Source: The Brother Lawrence Collection

“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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Author:Brother Lawrence

“That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.”

Should Soul Joy Notion Yield Devoted Great Joy

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God

“That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine love: and that when the appointed times of prayer were past, he found no difference, because he still continued with GOD, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy; yet hoped that GOD would give him somewhat to suffer, when he should grow stronger.”

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims

“In order to form a habit of conversing with GOD continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him with some diligence: but that after a little care we should find His love inwardly excite us to it without any difficulty.”

Should Firsts Littles Care Form Order Habit Difficulty His Love Diligence Referring

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God

“Let all our employment be to know GOD: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, the deeper and more extensive our knowledge shall be, the greater will be our love: and if our love of GOD were great, we should love Him equally in pains and pleasures.”

Ifs Knows Should Pain Desire Pleasure Greater Deeper Employment God Love Our Love Knowing God Pain And Pleasure

Book:The Practice of the Presence of God

Source: The Practice of the Presence of God