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Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
1958·Trappist, Kentucky, USA

Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard.

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1953·Trappist, Kentucky, USA

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them.

1962·Trappist, Kentucky, USA

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.

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He who cannot find himself the retreat of his own soul, let him appeal to solitude — if he can even bear himself.

Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson·1841

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of the gods.

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Withdraw into yourself as much as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve.

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