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Quote by Thomas Merton
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifi

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. – Thomas Merton

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We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness. – Thomas Merton

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Imagination
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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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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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good
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Ive always been proud that my name stands for peace. – Paloma Picasso

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I pray daily… for peace. – Paul ONeill

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The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety. – Jonathan Sacks

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When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am – the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. Its almost like I leave my body and get to watch. – Michelle Branch

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The ski bum trades security for face shots, the future for the moment. Considering how hollow the promise of a corporate career has become, who can say the ski bum is not the wiser investor in his or her youth? – Author Unknown

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I have no fear of death. More important, I dont fear life. – Steven Seagal

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Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. – Roger Bacon

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