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Enemy Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting…
- God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably.... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend.…
- Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he…
- When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that…
- It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who He is, and who…
- Merely to resist evil with evil by hating those who hate us and seeking to destroy them, is actually no resistance at all. It is…
- Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that…
More Enemy Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so… — Dan Aykroyd
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin