Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
THOMAS MERTONOur job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.
More Thomas Merton Quotes
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A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.
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Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.
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When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
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The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.
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The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.
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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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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.
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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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May God prevent us from becoming “right-thinking men”-that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police.
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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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Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.
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The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives.
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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.
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Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
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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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