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Thomas Merton Quotes: If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.
         

If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.


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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.



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



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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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