No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.
THOMAS MERTONGratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
More Thomas Merton Quotes
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If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
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Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.
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Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
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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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We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.
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Weaknesses and deficiencies play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another.
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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
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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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You are made in the image of what you desire.
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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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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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A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.
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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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