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Best Quotes by Thomas Merton
- My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God out of an…
- You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.
- Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of our…
- Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and…
- My best writing has always been in journals.
- If it so happened that I had once written a best-seller, this was a pure accident, due to inattention and naivete, and I would take…
- You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work out speedily and efficiently as…
- The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer…
- Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking about spiritual things. Even with the best of intentions…
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle