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Absolutely Quotes by Thomas Merton
- What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone, in the forest, at night, cherished by this wonderful, unintelligible, perfectly innocent speech, the most comforting…
- 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…
- 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…
- In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.
- Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This…
- We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything…
More Absolutely Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. — Joe Arpaio
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and… — Mary Astell
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I… — David Attenborough
- It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
- When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one… — Amy Adams
- When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused… — Amy Adams
- Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk… — Christian Bale