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Existence Quotes by Thomas Merton
- This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but in realizing the…
- Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,…
- Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our own lives in…
- Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.
- Ultimately faith is the only key to the universe. The final meaning of human existence, and the answers to the questions on which all our…
- 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…
- In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility…
- To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath…
- First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and…
- To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is…
- It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one…
- To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us...and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw…
More Existence Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into… — David Attenborough
- The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In… — Paul Auster
- An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. — Honore de Balzac
- Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. — Honore de Balzac
- I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence. — David Bailey
- But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the… — Henry Adams
- There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire