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Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.

Thomas Merton

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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Beginning Division Freedom Himself Man Uncomfortable
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.
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Existence God Identity Image Love Myself Name Reason True
Our 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.
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Business Job Kindness Love Ourselves Stop Worth
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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Greedy Hate Injustice Peace People Philosophy Soul Thinking War 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
Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.
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God Himself Ideas Ourselves
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
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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Challenge Courage Faith Hope Moments Need Recognition Yourself
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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Imagination Man Obsession Result Time Value Worth
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
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Deep God Ourselves Peace Spiritual
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity. I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.
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Conflict Goodness Myself Religion
No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.
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Knowledge Man Wisdom Wrong
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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Discover Name Philosophy Yourself
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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God Man Ourselves Perfection Right Thinking Vice
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
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

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