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Important Quotes by Thomas Merton
- The things I thought were so important -- because of the effort I put into them -- have turned out to be of small value.…
- The basic problem is not political, it is a-political and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep cutting deliberately through…
- One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value…
- In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.
- In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your piece…
- Weaknesses and deficiencies . . . play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and…
- The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to…
- What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is…
- Thinking about monastic ideals is not the same as living up to them, but at any rate such thinking has an important place in a…
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