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Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn’t already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

Thomas Merton

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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God Himself Journey Right
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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God Imagination Mindset Nature Reality Silence Tongue Yourself
It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.
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Belief Humanity Ourselves
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
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
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
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
People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
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Live People Reach Success Wall Wrong
Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
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Gratitude Respond Wake Up Wonder
Our real journey in life is interior.
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Journey Life Ourselves Reality
No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.
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Knowledge Man Wisdom Wrong
‎Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
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Job Love Ourselves Stop Worth
You are made in the image of what you desire.
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Build Desire Image Yourself
For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.
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Achievement Hope Ourselves Perfection Walk
The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.
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Beginning Love Perfection Willing
When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
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Deep God Philosophy See Spiritual Yourself

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