Brother Lawrence quotes, with sources
French Carmelite lay brother whose letters and conversations on finding God amid everyday kitchen work were posthumously compiled as The Practice of the Presence of God. Here are 3 short quotes by Brother Lawrence (1611 – 1691), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 3 sources.
A little lifting up of the heart and a remembrance of God suffices.
The shortest way to go straight to God was by a continual exercise of love.
One does not become holy all at once.
Sources
- The Practice of the Presence of God, Conversations
- The Practice of the Presence of God, Letters
- The Practice of the Presence of God, Letters, Ninth Letter
Themes
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