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Result Quotes by Thomas Merton
- The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and divisive. A life…
- True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a gift, and not as a result…
- We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for…
- 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…
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