Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.
THOMAS MERTONFrom the moment you put a piece of bread in your mouth you are part of the world. Who grew the wheat? Who made the bread? Where did it come from? You are in relationship with all who brought it to the table. We are least separate and most in common when we eat and drink.
More Thomas Merton Quotes
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The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth- moral, metaphysical, mystical.
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The man who sweats under his mask, whose role makes him itch with discomfort, who hates the division in himself, is already beginning to be free.
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Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
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Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.
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You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
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For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.
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Fear narrows the little entrance of our heart. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.
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Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
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Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am.
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If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
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The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.
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When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of the forest. When your imagination is silent, the forest speaks to you. It tells you of its unreality and of the Reality of God. But when your mind is silent, then the forest suddenly becomes magnificently real and blazes transparently with the Reality of God.
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Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
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Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.
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