The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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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...

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...

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...

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 least of the work of learning is done in the classroom

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

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...

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...

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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...

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

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...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...