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Moment Quotes by Thomas Merton
- I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some…
- What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning…
- When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to…
- Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.
- Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
- Every moment and every event of everyman's life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds,…
- When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to…
- If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything, never become anything, and in the end, because we have said…
- To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath…
- You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities…
- When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your…
- The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to be interested in it from the moment you are…
- You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it's all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and…
- 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…
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- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
- It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen
- Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever. — Paul Auster
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach