When ambition ends, happiness begins.

Quote by Thomas Merton

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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are...

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are...

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...

A daydream is an evasion.

A daydream is an evasion.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

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...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

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 have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

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...

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

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 biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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...

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of...

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of...

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.