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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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that...

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon...

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.

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:...

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...