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Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves al

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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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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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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I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time. – Bill Cosby

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Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us. – George Bernard Shaw

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Hell isnt merely paved with good intentions its walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. – Aldous Huxley

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