Quote by Thomas Merton
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same ti

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton

Other quotes by Thomas Merton

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

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Attachment
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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. – Thomas Merton

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God
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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. – Thomas Merton

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Courage
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Other Quotes from
Art
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I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because theyre good or there because theyre lucky. – Katharine Hepburn

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Art

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. – Alexander Pope

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Art

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. – Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Art

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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Art

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Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler

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Its the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say youre mad, then dangerous, then theres a pause and then you cant find anyone who disagrees with you. – Tony Benn

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Time

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps! – Mark Twain, letter to William Dean Howells, 1887 August 22nd

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I don’t understand decaf, it’s like sex without the sex. – A.C. Van Cherub, 2008

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