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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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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...

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,...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

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:...

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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...

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...

A daydream is an evasion.

A daydream is an evasion.

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...

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...

If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I...