In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps the greatest sin would be to lament the presence of people on the threshold of my solitude.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

We do not exist for ourselves.

We do not exist for ourselves.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are...

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are...

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,...

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 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...

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...

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.