The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Picture Quote by Thomas Merton

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

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The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves,...

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The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves,...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

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Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

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I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

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Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

It's impossible said pride it's risky said experience it's pointless said reason give it a...

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It's impossible said pride it's risky said experience it's pointless said reason give it a...

Ladies of fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity and their love to feed...

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Ladies of fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity and their love to feed...

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up

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Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up

It's sad to see how many people are so full of themselves that I don't...

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It's sad to see how many people are so full of themselves that I don't...

Pride will always be the longest distance between two people.

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Pride will always be the longest distance between two people.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect.

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You were born to be real, not to be perfect.