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Tasks Quotes by Thomas Merton
- 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…
- The basic problem is not political, it is a-political and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep cutting deliberately through…
- It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted…
- I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly…
- Imagination has the creative task of making symbols, joining things together in such a way that they throw new light on each other and on…
- A superficial freedom to wander aimlessly here or there, to taste this or that, to make a choice of distractions, is simply a sham. It…
- I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a…
More Tasks Quotes
- Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius
- We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
- Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort… — James A. Baldwin
- Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face… — William Barclay
- Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the… — Jack Adams
- It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that… — Karl Barth