Quote by Thomas Merton
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather,

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. – Thomas Merton

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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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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton

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Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. – Miriam Makeba

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Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde

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I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. – Scott Walker

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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. – Paul Wellstone

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