In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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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...

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...

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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:...

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...

A daydream is an evasion.

A daydream is an evasion.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

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...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give...

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give...

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...

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.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

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

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

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of...

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of...

The True happiness that Man has searched for since the dawn of humanity, that is...

The True happiness that Man has searched for since the dawn of humanity, that is...

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....