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Able Quotes by Thomas Merton
- If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can…
- The things I thought were so important -- because of the effort I put into them -- have turned out to be of small value.…
- In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which…
- It is by the Holy Spirit that we love those who are united to us in Christ. The more plentifully we have received of the…
- We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is set free from preoccupation with itself and is able to seek God and…
- What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share…
- God utters me like a word containing a partial thought of him. A word will never be able to comprehend the voice that utters it.…
- To be truly Catholic is not merely to be correct according to an abstractly universal standard of truth, but also and above all to be…
- We cannot master everything, taste everything, understand everything, drain every experience to its last dregs. But if we have the courage to let almost everything…
- Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,…
- Place no hope in the feeling of assurance, in spiritual comfort. You may well have to get along without this. Place no hope in the…
- What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is…
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