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Need Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Are they moved by a sense of human need for silence, for reflection, for inner seeking? So they want to get away from the noise…
- Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and…
- The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In…
- ... but any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.
- In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which…
- Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness…
- We cannot master everything, taste everything, understand everything, drain every experience to its last dregs. But if we have the courage to let almost everything…
- 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,…
- Weaknesses and deficiencies . . . play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and…
- Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of…
- Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky…
- 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.…
- 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 greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds
- 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…
- Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore…
- 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…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson