Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
Brother LawrenceThere's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
Brother LawrenceLet us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.
Brother LawrenceIf 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.
Brother LawrenceWe 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.
Brother Lawrence