The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Topics: God Quotes, Self Knowledge Quotes, Truth Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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 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...

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...

Conscience is the purest substract of reasoning.

Conscience is the purest substract of reasoning.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it...

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...