"The Practice of the Presence of God" Quotes

The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God, that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you.

We should establish ourselves in a sense of God's presence by continually conversing with Him.

We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

We need only to recognize God intimately present with us and to address ourselves to Him every moment.

The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon divine grace.

That we should establish ourselves in a sense of God's presence by continually conversing with Him.

We ought to give ourselves up to God with regard both to things temporal and spiritual and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will.

The most excellent method he had found of going to God was that of doing our common business without any view of pleasing men and (as far as we are capable) purely for the love of God.

It is needful to have a determined resolution to submit ourselves to anything that can happen, as to what we believe to be the best.