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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…
- In order to find God in ourselves, we must stop looking at ourselves, stop checking and verifying ourselves in the mirror of our own futility,…
- 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,…
- The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear…
- People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.
- I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities…
- 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.
- I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet…
- People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against…
- The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer.
- The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to…
- I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. If modern people were a little less sane,…
- It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If only they [people]…
- 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…
- Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and moon, night and…
- 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…
- Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve…
- Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If…
- The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the…
- We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything…
- There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.
- 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…
- The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- 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
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle