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Ourselves Quotes by Thomas Merton
- We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we…
- We do not exist for ourselves.
- Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
- The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we…
- Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
- What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is…
More Ourselves Quotes
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
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- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it… — Julian Assange
- Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing… — Chinua Achebe
- 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
- By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. — Saint Augustine
- We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. — Jane Austen
- I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster