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If you want to study the social and political history of modern na

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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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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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. – 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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History is a pageant and not a philosophy. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History

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It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right. – Thomas Carlyle

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I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. Theres no better time to try this than now. – Michael Phelps

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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. – Danish Proverb

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The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then youve got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or youve got no money and you can trust anyone, but then youve got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse? – Matt LeBlanc

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. – Socrates

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I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. Thats why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening. – Daryl Hannah

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