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> [The best way to understand another person's religion is to listen to the story of what particular practices helped them to deepen and to embody their religion, especially its spirituality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-best-way-to-understand-another-person-s-religion-is-to-listen-to/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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## More by Thomas Keating

> [It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/it-is-essential-for-world-peace-that-the-world-religions-make-peace/)

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> [In the Christian perspective, the love of God and of all other human beings invites us to share and enjoy not just the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/in-the-christian-perspective-the-love-of-god-and-of-all-other-human/)

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> [Science and technology have been embarrassed by two world wars, many smaller ones, and the spread of weapons that could destroy humanity. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/science-and-technology-have-been-embarrassed-by-two-world-wars-many/)

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> [“As St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) taught, whatever we say about God is more unlike God than saying nothing. If we do say something, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/as-st-thomas-aquinas-1225-1274-taught-whatever-we-say-about-god-is/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Humility is the forgetfulness of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/humility-is-the-forgetfulness-of-self/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/god-will-bring-people-and-events-into-our-lives-and-whatever-we-may/)

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> [For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/for-human-beings-the-most-daunting-challenge-is-to-become-fully-human/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-acceptance-of-all-that-god-has-given-us-and-the-willingness-to/)

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> [The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/the-complementary-movement-towards-divine-love-is-growth-in-humility/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/st-teresa-of-avila-wrote-all-difficulties-in-prayer-can-be-traced-to/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [I venture to say that it's not enough to respect and tolerate religions other than our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/i-venture-to-say-that-it-s-not-enough-to-respect-and-tolerate/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/god-s-first-language-is-silence-everything-else-is-a-translation/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

> [Union with God is really possible. Unity with God I presume, is what is meant by Heaven, but that too is available in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/union-with-god-is-really-possible-unity-with-god-i-presume-is-what-is/)

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> [Every time you have a major breakthrough in self-knowledge, and see the way the divine works within your own psyche, external events, and interior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/every-time-you-have-a-major-breakthrough-in-self-knowledge-and-see/)

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> [“To live in the presence of God on a continuous basis can become a kind of fourth dimension to our three-dimensional world, forming an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/to-live-in-the-presence-of-god-on-a-continuous-basis-can-become-a/)

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