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Long Quotes by Thomas Merton
- As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this…
- What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone, in the forest, at night, cherished by this wonderful, unintelligible, perfectly innocent speech, the most comforting…
- No matter how ruined man and his world may seem to be, and no matter how terrible man's despair may become, as long as he…
- 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…
- 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…
- As long as I am content to know that He is infinitely greater than I, and that I cannot know Him unless He shows himself…
- 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,…
- As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a contemplative? For the…
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