Brother Lawrence Quotes

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of this too, as attested by the ability of Hindu mystics to live buried alive for many days. Mental quietness, in which one has no wandering thoughts at all, seems more difficult, but can be achieved. But value quietness, in which one has no wandering desires at all but simply performs the acts of his life without desire, that seems the hardest.

Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

Imagine a temple inside your mind, a haven from the chaos of the world. Visit often.

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately the contact is lost.

After having stopped the lower activities of the mind, it must be made receptive; and, instead of weaving all kinds of empty and idle thoughts, the mind should receive intuitions from above.

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.

I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word of God in stillness and perhaps we will then come to understand it.

The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.