Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love therefore is its own reward.
Quotes By Thomas Merton
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October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin...
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We have what we seek it is there all the time and if we give it time it...
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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It...
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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and...
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In the last analysis the individual person is responsible for living his own...
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A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two...
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Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in...
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We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...
Quotes About Good
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There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also...
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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older...
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high...
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good...
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I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene when I'm a...
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Do not think of your faults still less of other's faults look for what is...
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Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's...
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If you pursue good with labor the labor passes away but the good remains if...
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.