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Center Quotes by Thomas Merton
- At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark…
- 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…
- See, see Who God is, see the glory of God, going up to Him out of this incomprehensible and infinite Sacrifice in which all history…
- The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen…
- It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If only they [people]…
- 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…
- Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by…
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- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your… — Hans Bender
- Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and… — Joe Biden
- Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear. — Corrie Ten Boom
- The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue… — Michael Bloomberg