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wisdom communication speech
The deepest of level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless ... beyond speech ... beyond concept. Thomas Merton
wisdom end-of-the-world world
The end of the world will be legal. Thomas Merton
wisdom solitude way
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism. Thomas Merton
wisdom may rewards
True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God Himself, I may get my reward but I cannot be happy. Thomas Merton
wisdom acceptance reality
We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of silent acceptance. It is our emptiness in the presence of His reality, our silence in the presence of His infinitely rich silence, our joy in the bosom of the serene darkness in which His light holds us absorbed, it is all this that praises Him. Thomas Merton
wisdom atheist real
The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them. Thomas Merton
wisdom mean self
For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self. Thomas Merton
wisdom truth discovery
The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. Thomas Merton
wisdom dwelling light
We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by grace, and therefore in that sense we have arrived and are dwelling in the light. But oh! How far have I to go to find You in Whom I have already arrived! Thomas Merton
order percent squeeze therefore
We won't go hostile. We want to own the whole of the business. Therefore we want to own over 90 percent in order to squeeze out the minorities. J. M. Roberts
order needs humans
We need other human beings in order to be human. Desmond Tutu
order competition suffering
Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even the global downturn and climate change. Diseases like AIDS, TB and malaria cannot be tackled without adequate resources. So you see everything is connected. In order to address any major cause of human suffering, we have to work together across many fronts. Desmond Tutu
order differences needs
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. Desmond Tutu
order months pounds
I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance. Derek Kilmer
order acting rooms
I've always had to bind up and wrestle fear, because acting is really about faith. And faith and fear can't really stay in the same room. So, in order for you to be more than a conqueror, you're going to have to defeat fear with faith. Derek Luke
order roots profound
Order and disorder, form and formless must have profound psychological roots, nervous roots. Delmore Schwartz
order perception world
In order to see the world clearly, you must clean the windows of perception. The only problem is, our society doesn't do windows. Dean Lombardi
order feelings share
In order to share intimate feelings, you have to have intimate feelings. Dean Martin
evil reason no-reason
Evil requires no reason. Alberto Manguel
evil
Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life Albert Schweitzer
evil good men needed prosper
The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
evil soul causes
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health. Saint Basil
evil choices abuse
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom. Saint Francis de Sales
evil vices sometimes
One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner Saint Francis de Sales
evil worry anxiety
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. Saint Francis de Sales
evil done fruit
When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. William Kingdon Clifford
evil poverty wealth
All this [wealth] excludes but one evil, poverty. Samuel Johnson