It keeps coming into my mind - how much man would be capable of if his soul were strong in the love of God, if he wanted God as much as he wanted to penetrate the power and glory of God's creation. ~ Dorthy Day, Reflections on the presence of God, p.20

[His:] disposition brought him to so great an unconcern about everything and to so complete a detachment, that it was near to the freedom of the Blessed... Nothing could hold him to earth; his vision was not bounded by time from long contemplation of Him who is eternal, his spirit had become as if it were timeless. ~ Abbi de Beaufort, vicor general of Cardinal de Noailles speaking of Br. Lawrence, p.23

That we ought...find our happiness in doing His will, whether He lead us by the way of suffering or by the way of delight, for they are all the same to one truly resigned to Him. p31

God rewarded whatever he had done for Him so quickly and so liberally that he had sometimes wished he could hide his deeds from Him so that, receiving no reward, he would have the priveledge of doing something entirely for God. p.34

"...but God none the less continued [His favours:], sometimes taking him as it were by the hand, and leading him before the whole court of Heaven, that all might see the wretch He was pleased to honour. p.35

p.35 is really good!

[Br. Lawrence had said:] that at first his prayers had consisted entirely in rejecting distractions and falling into them again. p.39

That he gave thought neither to death nor to his sins, neither to Heaven nor to Hell, but only to the doing of small things for the love of God - small things because he was incapable of big ones. He needed trouble no further, for whatever came after would be according to God's will. p.40

p.41 => GOOD!

It was a great delusion to imaging that prayer time should be different from any other, for we are equally bound to be united to God by work at worktime as by prayer at prayertime. p.49

All things are possible to him who believes, less difficult to him who hopes, still less difficult to him who loves, and easiest of all to him who persevers in all three virtues. p.50

The end we ought to propose to ourselves in this life is to become as good worshipers of God as we possibly can, as we hope to be His perfect worshipers for all eternity. p.50

[Br. Lawrence:] was more united with God during his ordinary activities than in religious exercise, in which he was generally afflicted with spiritual dryness. p.45

The greater the perfection to which a soul aspires, the more dependent it is upon divine grace. p.51

Br. Lawrence speaking of another friar: He often complains of our blindness, exclaiming at our piteousness in that we are satisfied with so little. God, he says, has infinite treasure to bestow, and we are satisfied by a passing moment of devout feeling; we are blind, and our blindness stays the hand of God when He would pour out abundance of grace. But when He finds a soul imbued with a living faith He floods it with grace which, like a stream dammed up and finding a new outlet, spreads abundant waters fare and wide. pp.56-57

We must go on working, because not to advance in the spiritual life is to go back. But those on whom the Holy Spirit has breathed go forward even when they sleep. If the vessel of our soul be still battered by winds and storms, let us wake the Lord who sleeps therein, and he will quickly calm the waves. pp.57-58

If we knew the need we have of God's grace and aid, we should not lose sight of Him even for a second. p.61

...it is well from time to time, and even often, to deny ourselves harmless and permissible relaxations. For when a sould wants to be devoted entirely to Him, God will not suffer it to have any other delights. That is only what we should reasonably expect. p.64

pp.64-66 => GOOD

God does not ask much of us: a thought of Him from time to time, or an act of worship; sometimes to pray for His grace, sometimes to offer up your sufferings, sometimes to thank Him for His goodness to you, past and present; and to comfort yourself with thoughts of Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him sometimes when you are at meals or in society; the least little rememberance will always be pleasing to Him. There is no need to cry very loudly, for He is nearer to us than we think. p.68

Let us live and die with God; sufferings will be sweet and pleasant to us while we are with Him, and the greatest pleasures a cruel affliction without Him. p.69

I want not to pick up a straw from the ground except in accordance with God's order and for sheer love of Him... I have given up all devotions and pieties which are not of obligation, and instead try to keep myself always in God's holy presence by simple attentiveness and a loving gaze upon Him. p.73

Passage from pp.75-76 is quite good.

We should indeed be happy could we but find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; everything else would appear worthless. Seeing that it is boundless, the more we seek, the more shall we find, so let us give ourselves up to the search without wearying, until we are successful. p.79