A daydream is an evasion.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me...

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me...

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the...

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the...

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

We do not exist for ourselves.

We do not exist for ourselves.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves,...

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves,...

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to...

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything...

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not...

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the...

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the...

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve...

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve...

Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.

Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans)...

Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans)...

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices...

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices...

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...