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Personal Quotes by Thomas Merton
- There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which…
- My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God out of an…
- 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,…
- In the end, it's the reality of personal realtionships that save everything.
- To those who have no personal experience of this revolutionary aspect of Christian truth, but who see only the outer crust of dead, human conservatism…
- In any case, his religious teaching consisted mostly in more or less vague ethical remarks, an obscure mixture of ideals of English gentlemanliness and his…
- 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…
- First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and…
- Faith is the door to the full inner life of the Church, a life which includes not only access to an authoritative teaching but above…
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- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive. — Peter Ackroyd
- High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make… — Joseph Barbera
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
- No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you. — George Matthew Adams
- James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity. — Brigitte Bardot