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«We do not exist for ourselves...»
Author: Thomas Merton
«Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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«It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them?. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.»
«The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.»
«It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.»
«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.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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Compassion
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«The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.»
«Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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«At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal, from which God disposes of our lives, which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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«When ambition ends, happiness begins.»
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