Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about...

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about...

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...

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 tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

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.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my...

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my...

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,...

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...

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a...

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a...

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...

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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 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...

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...

All a man can betray is his conscience

All a man can betray is his conscience

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the...

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the...

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...