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Quote by Thomas Merton
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, b

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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In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. – Thomas Merton

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Life
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The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of Gods mercy to me. – Thomas Merton

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God
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The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. – Thomas Merton

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One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it. – Katherine Anne Porter

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I admired Eugene McCarthys courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the Washington Post, I remained an admirer. – Kitty Kelley

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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage – not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. – Walter Lord

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