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Between Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not…
- Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative…
- Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only…
- I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.
- There is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude.
- The thing about Zen is that it pushes contradictions to their ultimate limit where one has to choose between madness and innocence. Zen suggests that…
- It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is…
- For the birds there is not a time that they tell, but the point vierge between darkness and light, between being and nonbeing. You can…
- Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being. Between the silence of the world and…
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- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
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- Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo
- There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I… — Drew Barrymore