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Work Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.
- The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all by living. For…
- Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' It is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. What,…
- 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 only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks…
- Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of…
- The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a…
- 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…
- Because You have called me here not to wear a label by which I can recognize myself and place myself in some kind of a…
- The secret of my full identity is hidden in Him. He alone can make me who I am, or rather who I will be when…
- Therefore, doing the Stations of the Cross was still more laborious than consoling, and required a sacrifice. It was much the same with all my…
- Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the fullness of being,…
- If we have not silence, God is not heard in our music. If we have no rest God, does not bless our work.
- You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work out speedily and efficiently as…
- The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away…
- The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.
- 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…
- The fruitfulness of our lives depends in large measure in our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own…
- 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…
- Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle