October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves...

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves...

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 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...

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...

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

A daydream is an evasion.

A daydream is an evasion.

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,...

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...