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Quote by Thomas Merton

“The biggest disease in North America is busyness.”

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Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968) was an American writer, poet, social critic, and mystic. His works covered a wide range of topics including philosophy, religion, and social justice, and were highly appreciated by readers. more

“Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly see how to do what He has asked? Simply obey Him with unrestrained joy. When He tells you something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a misunderstanding of what honors Him and what doesn't. Are you faithful to Jesus, or faithful to your ideas about Him?”

Should Ideas Inspiration Joy Faith Jesus Waiting Steps Honor Christian Inspirational Debate Faithful Misunderstanding Faith In Jesus

Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“Sometimes you just close your eyes and jump... you don't think too long or maybe you just won't. Sometimes you just follow your heart, don't analyze too long, or maybe it might just be gone.”

Thinking Heart Long Sometimes Inspiration Might Eye Faith Gone Christian Inspirational Follow Your Heart

Author:Carrie Newcomer

“By his own will Christ was dependent on Mary during Advent: he was absolutely helpless; he could go nowhere but where she chose to take him; he could not speak; her breathing was his breath; his heart beat in the beating of her heart.... In the seasons of our Advent - waking, working, eating, sleeping, being - each breath is a breathing of Christ into the world.”

Source: A Rocking-Horse Catholic: A Caryll Houselander Reader

“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.”

Real Inspiration Faith Father Jesus Son Weakness Capacity Christian Inspirational

Author:Pope John Paul II

“Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.”

Mind Inspiration Faces Joy Spirit Faith Weakness Catholic Shining Your Face Serenity Impatient Christian Marriage

Author:Peter Damian

“I want eternity. I was born for greater things.”

Want Inspiration Faith Born Greater Eternity Christian Inspirational Greater Things

Author:Stanislaus Kostka

“Today it takes no great stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic transmissions - a chattering planet nestled in the provident silence of space. The ethical question is whether this is contributing to authentic human development and helping individuals and peoples to be true to their transcendent destiny.”

“Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.”

Writing Stolen Suspicious Plagiarism

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated)

“God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation... Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.”

Inspiration Desire Faith Greater Blood Catholic Salvation Christian Inspirational

Author:Pope John Paul II

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