Quote by Thomas Merton
Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. – Thomas Merton

Other quotes by Thomas Merton

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly himself: for his personality and individuality are perfected in their true order, the spiritual, interior order. – Thomas Merton

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A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. – Thomas Merton

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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. – Thomas Merton

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I recommend limiting ones involvement in other peoples lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises. – Quentin Crisp

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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void. – Jean Rostand

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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone. – Erich Fromm

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Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do. – Bhagavad Gita

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