A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the...

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the...

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...

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart:...

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart:...

We do not exist for ourselves.

We do not exist for ourselves.

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens...

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens...

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,...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

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...

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him,...

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him,...

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and...

In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and...

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...

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society.

Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society.

Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of...

Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of...

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness