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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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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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All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future. – Gustav Stresemann

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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth. – Fareed Zakaria

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I have seen the future and it is very much like the present – only longer. – Kehlog Albran

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