« All Threshold Quotes · Thomas Merton's Page
Threshold Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it.…
- In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps the greatest sin would be to lament the presence of…
More Threshold Quotes
- Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! — Andrew Carnegie
- Please open your eyes now, but keep attention in the inner energy field of the body as you look around the room.… — Eckhart Tolle
- When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our… — John Ruskin
- This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise… — Unknown Author
- Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by… — Christopher Hitchens
- Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration… — C.S. Lewis
- Perhaps the problem is the seeming need that people have of making black-and-white cutoffs when it comes to certain mysterious phenomena, such… — Douglas Hofstadter
- How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs… — Friedrich Nietzsche