Humility is a virtue, not a neurosis.

More Quotes By Thomas Merton

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• My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead...
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• You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What...
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• Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
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• To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and...