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wisdom destiny want
For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God's will, to be what God wants us to be. Thomas Merton
wisdom true-life life-is
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full. Thomas Merton
wisdom passion order
We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the products of our factories and printing presses and movie studios and all the rest. Thomas Merton
wisdom men risk
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. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness. A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless than one that always verges on despair. Thomas Merton
wisdom prayer inspired
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him. Thomas Merton
wisdom emotional mind
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds Thomas Merton
wisdom men infinite
Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man. Thomas Carlyle
wisdom ideas mind
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state. Thomas Carlyle
wisdom hard
It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do. Tony Kushner
knowing sin wells
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves. Blaise Pascal
knowing planets persons
I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet. Thomas Haden Church
knowing heaven pieces
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it. Vernor Vinge
knowing realizing moments
The great thing about knowing you're wrong is the moment you realize it, you're right. Vanna Bonta
knowing want dykes
Everyone wants to be a dyke now; everyone craves our freedom, guts, and knowing looks. Susie Bright
knowing way chance
How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it's only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance. Suzanne Collins
knowing lambs labels
I poke around in the pile, about to settle on some cod chowder, when Peeta holds out a can to me. “Here.” I take it, not knowing what to expect. The label reads LAMB STEW. Suzanne Collins
knowing want would-be
I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy. Taryn Simon
knowing answers next
Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next. Sophie Kinsella
understanding celebration life-is
Religion is nothing but a science to attain wisdom, understanding, to know what life is, and to live it in utter celebration. Rajneesh
understanding curiosity mind
The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on. Isaac Asimov
understanding levels fox-news
There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics. David Shuster