“The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.”
— Thomas Merton
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Art enables us to find ourselves and
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
— Thomas Merton
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Just remaining quietly in the presence of
“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.”
— Thomas Merton
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When ambition ends, happiness begins.
“When ambition ends, happiness begins.”
— Thomas Merton
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We are so obsessed with doing that
“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.”
— Thomas Merton
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The beginning of love is to let
“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.”
— Thomas Merton
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Death is someone you see very clearly
“Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.”
— Thomas Merton
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Love is our True destiny. We do
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.”
— Thomas Merton
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Solitude is not something you must hope
“Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.”
— Thomas Merton
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Art enables us to find ourselves and
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
— Thomas Merton
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Love seeks one thing only: the good
“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.”
— Thomas Merton
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