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Other People Quotes by Thomas Merton
- If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can…
- After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is,…
- Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be…
- 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…
- A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all.
- 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…
- I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own…
More Other People Quotes
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very… — Kate Atkinson
- When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it… — Sebastian Bach
- People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure. — Russell Baker
- If you want to control other people, first control yourself. — Abu Bakr
- In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people… — Amy Adams
- People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters… — James A. Baldwin
- I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and… — Christian Bale
- I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's… — Christian Bale