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Thomas Merton Quotes: Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.
         

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.


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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.

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.



Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.



‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.



The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds



Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.



In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.



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.

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.



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.

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.



Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.



It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.





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Only hard work will make you prosper

Only hard work will make you prosper



Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.



Every time a child is born, we have another chance.

Every time a child is born, we have another chance.



Heaven help me for the way I am, save me from these evil deeds before I get them done.

Heaven help me for the way I am, save me from these evil deeds before I get them done.



The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]



The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.

The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.



Mathematics is for lazy people.

Mathematics is for lazy people.



I think that's what Dylan's trying to do: to create a space artistically where something else can take shape, can take life - where there's hope.

I think that's what Dylan's trying to do: to create a space artistically where something else can take shape, can take life - where there's hope.




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