Brother Lawrence Quotes

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

Adoration is caring for God above all else.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?

In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.

God! Thou art love! I build my faith on that.

If you once love Him, you will study to please Him.

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.

Bhakti cannot be attained, it is a gift.

Today, begin to believe right by choosing to know and believe in the powerful truths of God’s Word and in His love for you.

Suffering is how we test our love especially our love for God.

I fear God and respect God and love God.

I try to stay centered in my faith and my family and the close people around me.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God.

Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?

I, for one, am profoundly grateful to feel the hand of God at work in my life. But at the beginning and end of the day, when my default setting is to show kindness and love to others, I never regret it. And to me, that is what faith is all about.

At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.