Do not depend on the hope of results … You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to the idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on…
Tag: Thomas Merton
You’ve Got To Have A Life
Ever want to escape — to go to a monastery or nunnery, to live in a log cabin in the woods, to find an island in the Caribbean, etc.? You know what I mean — to check out. I don’t think I’m alone when I used to think that to get in touch with my…
God Is the Friend of Silence
Today I will drive to Cleveland, Tennessee to visit my sister. In the car alone I will have a lot of quiet time. Not quite silence, but time to think. Mother Teresa said, “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.” Silence is…
In Everything He Has Given Us
To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted,…
To Do None Harm
Sir Thomas More: I do none harm, I say none harm, I think none harm. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live. — A Man For All Seasons, Richard Bolt There are many quotes from this wonderful play/movie but the above is one of my favorites.…