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.
THOMAS MERTONPeople 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.
More Thomas Merton Quotes
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Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
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If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
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Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
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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.
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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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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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Prayer is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him who loves us, who is near to us.
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Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.
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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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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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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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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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Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed – but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
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A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.
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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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