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Lives Quotes by Thomas Merton
- There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which…
- Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.
- 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 whole function of the life of prayer is, then, to enlighten and strengthen our conscience so that it not only knows and perceives the…
- It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted…
- It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the…
- I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may meanI myself do not know, but…
- Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence.…
- The man who lives in division is living in death. He cannot find himself because he is lost; he has ceased to be a reality.…
- 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…
- People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against…
- Weaknesses and deficiencies . . . play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and…
- We are not converted only once in our lives but many times and this endless series of conversions and inner revolutions leads to our transformation.
- To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means the freedom to…
- Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get…
- The fruitfulness of our lives depends in large measure in our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own…
- Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it.…
- Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives…
- I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a…
- Every man becomes the image of the God he adores. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. He who loves corruption…
- The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of guilt by which…
- Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper…
More Lives Quotes
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius