Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Topics: Conscience Quotes, Fidelity Quotes, Heroism Quotes, Labor Quotes, Peace Quotes, Purity Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, Truth Quotes, War Quotes

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

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...

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

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,...

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...

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...

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 biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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...

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,...

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...

A daydream is an evasion.

A daydream is an evasion.

We do not exist for ourselves.

We do not exist for ourselves.