Thomas Merton Quotes

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.

Thomas Merton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceMoonRestDiscoveryImportant

Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who will choose because he or she is responsible for the conduct and the efficiency of the second assistant directors.

John Frankenheimer

EfficiencyChooseChoiceWillShe

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

LosingNewOldHistoricalTraditions

You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

Michael Gove

HomeDaughterBookYouFindMore

Dubai is a vibrant city: Big cars, big buildings... it reminds me of my home town, Hong Kong. People are always on the move here, and there's a lot going on. There are some wonderful architecture and some not-so-wonderful.

John Rocha

HomeArchitecturePeopleCityMe

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path to citizenship must compromise.

John Shadegg

FuturePathCompromiseGivingFind

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

Robert W. Service

LifeWomanSongWineLongNever

I never really felt like I belonged in California.

Molly Ringwald

NeverCaliforniaLikeFeltReally

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

Mitch Albom

LifeLightBestFocusBelieveUp

My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the meetings in the U.N. security council, the allegations about weapons of mass destruction, the martial language of Tony Blair and George W. Bush - all suggested a war was brewing.

Luke Harding

WarLanguageMeetingsMissionNobody

I think being creative is incredibly difficult and painful.

Lisa Hanawalt

CreativeThinkDifficultPainful

I had difficulty working for other people.

Don Cornelius

PeopleDifficultyWorkingOtherHad

In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.

Donatella Versace

LifeStrongMy LifeChoicePerson

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