Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your...

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your...

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

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...

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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.

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...

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his...

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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...

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 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

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 biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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...

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...

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

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

When my pencil falls in the middle of the class, I drag it with my...

When my pencil falls in the middle of the class, I drag it with my...

'Can I copy your homework?' We had homework?! QUICK gimme your pen!!!

'Can I copy your homework?' We had homework?! QUICK gimme your pen!!!