Thomas Merton on gratitude
Thomas Merton76 quotes“Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.”
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No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton You are made in the image of what you desire.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton 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.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton 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.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?
Thomas MertonThomas Merton 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 MertonThomas Merton May God prevent us from becoming “right-thinking men”-that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton
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Respect and gratitude are the last pillars of the lost world.
Lesha VergnolLesha Vergnol Nothing worth having comes easily. Nothing worth having can be held without gratitude, respect and humility.
Lisa ArcherLisa Archer Stay in gratitude mode always & everything will turn out beautifully.
Sam GilbertSam Gilbert Gratitude is not a feeling but a state of mind that can be developed.
Lily DiazLily Diaz The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
EpicurusEpicurus Life is sweeter when you’ve got an attitude of gratitude!
Dolly PartonDolly Parton We’re a nation hungry for more joy: Because we’re starving from a lack of gratitude.
Brene BrownBrene Brown We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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