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You are made in the image of what you desire.

Thomas Merton

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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God Himself Love Prayer
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
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
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
Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.
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God Himself Ideas Ourselves
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
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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Fear narrows the little entrance of our heart. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.
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Capacity Fear Heart Love Ourselves Power
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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Generosity Impossible Love Philosophy Quite Satisfaction Wisdom Yourself
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
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Desire End Leadership Life Live Man Philosophy Service Spiritual Yourself
Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.
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Believe Faith God Man Material Negative Quick
The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives.
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Live Ourselves Purpose
A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.
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Bad Failure Greatness Man 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
You are made in the image of what you desire.
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