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«I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some sense, for a moment, that we are full of paradise without knowing it»
Author: Thomas Merton
| Keywords:
glad, happening, happenings, moment of silence, paradise, recognize, space, suppose
«There was this shadow, this double, this writer who had followed me into the cloister. He rides my shoulders I cannot lose him.»
«I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.»
«Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.»
«What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous...»
«Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.»
Author: Thomas Merton
| Keywords:
activities, Beyond the Limits, extend, extend to, fulfillment, infinity, motion, obscurities, obscurity, profound, repose
«Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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due, due to, products, reverence, sacraments, seriousness, the sacrament, treats
«Perhaps I am stronger than I think»
Author: Thomas Merton
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Strength
«Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real»
«We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.»
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