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Big Quotes by Thomas Merton
- A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough…
- But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see…
- The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions of an interior…
- It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If only they [people]…
- Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own…
- Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor…
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