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Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.

Thomas Merton

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.
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Beginning Love Perfection Willing
We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.
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Achievement Greatness Lose Success
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
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Compassionate Ideas Interdependent Live Oneself
Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he does not possess.
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Give Up Himself Material Ourselves Surrender
If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
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Deep Peace World Yourself
Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
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Eyes God Goodness Happiness Heart Joy Peace
How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?
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Change Loyalty Mindset Myself Shadow Sincere Thinking
Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am.
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Ambition Discover Myself Philosophy Result See
Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
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Breathe Existence Gift God Grace Moments
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds.
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Emotional Greatness Mental Mindset Need Ourselves Time
Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.
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Act Action Spiritual Way
For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God’s will, to be what God wants us to be.
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Destiny Fulfill God Necessary Oneself Willing
We are not converted only once in our lives but many times and this endless series of conversions and inner revolutions leads to our transformation.
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Live Ourselves Revolution Storm Time Transformation
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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Embrace Goodness Illusion Ourselves Person Recognition Shadow
Before we can realize who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger.
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Best Deep Imitation Ourselves Person Philosophy Stranger Thinking
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity. I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.
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Conflict Goodness Myself Religion

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