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Grows Quotes by Thomas Merton
- True encounter with Christ liberates something within us, a power we did not know we had, a capacity to grow and change.
- It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love. Those who seldom…
- It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this…
- Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of our…
- Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new…
- 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…
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- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
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- Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. — Saint Augustine
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster
- In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would,… — Diane Ackerman
- Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. — Richard Bach
- I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. — Francis Bacon
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- Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it. — Russell Baker
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