We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

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...

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 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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

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,...

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to...

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to...