The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.
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Thomas Merton
American Trappist monk and writer at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. Author of The Seven Storey Mountain (1948); died in Bangkok in 1968.
5 quotes
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
The first step toward finding God is to stop telling God what you think God should be doing.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.