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Thomas Merton Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968

Topics

Love Relationship Reflection Love Is

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.

John Cassavetes

Creative You Alive Desire Matter

In my opinion, B. J. Penn is No. 1.

Anderson Silva

Opinion Penn In My Opinion

It's really interesting that we've had this great Tea Party movement that is all about restoring free market capitalist values, but what they completely fail to understand is that what we've got now is a situation where there is a small class of gigantic financial companies that have put themselves above capitalism.

Matt Taibbi

Great Tea Small Free Capitalism

When I see something that's sensitive, I go, 'You've got to put that out there.' You need to keep the dialogue going and shine a light on the bad guys. If you sweep it under the carpet, people forget about it. People stop talking about it.

Jeff Ross

Light People Shine Talking You Bad

I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption, and he has been the love of my life ever since. His name is Beau, or as my sister and I like to call him ' mushy mush' because he truly is just a pile of loving mush that just melts in your arms.

Torrey DeVitto

Life Love Pet Sister Name My Life

One of the most pervasive and damaging trends we are seeing in the 21st-century workplace is the deliberate misclassification of workers by employers looking to shift responsibility and cut costs.

Tom Perez

Responsibility Looking Seeing Trends

We were the group that built the roads by day that the Vietcong traveled at night.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Roads Day Night Traveled Group Were

I used to go to those dance circles when I was a kid. When break dancing was first popular in the '80s. I would be in Boston, or I'd head up to New York, and I would stand in those circles, and I would just be blown away.

Matt Besser

Dance New York Stand Go New Boston

I have always been a left-winger and an outsider. I loved being that. I was perfectly cheerful with that role. Then suddenly, you're one of the talking heads on 'Nightline,' and you think you must have sold out.

Molly Ivins

Think Loved Talking You Cheerful

I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.

Miranda July

Feeling More Rhythm Interested Films

I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Lord Alfred Douglas

Love I Am Speak Name Dare Am

I love feeling like I'm 'on the pulse' of things. Nothing more satisfying, more valued, more exciting as a writer. Because shaping pop culture really means that you're saying something that a lot of people want to hear.

Liz Tuccillo

Love Culture People Saying You Want