Quote by Thomas Merton
In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for liv

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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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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Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. – Thomas Merton

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato

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Each person must live their life as a model for others. – Rosa Parks

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Develop an interest in life as you see it the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – Henry Miller

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Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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