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 Some Thoughts by Thomas Merton on Sorrow
 

"The great sorrow of mankind is turned to joy by love of Christ, and the secret of happiness is no longer to see any sorrow except in the light of Christ's victory over sorrow. And then all sorrow contributes somehow to our happiness."

Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas, p. 279.
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 Some Thoughts by Thomas Merton on True Greatness
 

"Our only true greatness is in the humility of living fiath and the simpler and purer our faith is, the closer it brings us to God, Who is definitely great."

Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas, p. 300
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 Gone for the weekend - listen to the music
 



For the bride of my youth, June:

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 Some Thoughts by Thomas Merton on Individualism
 

"Individualism in not freedom."

Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas, p. 307
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 Some Thoughts by Thomas Merton on Connecting with Christ
 

"Anyway I came closer than ever to fully realizing how true it is that our relations with Christ are something utterly beyond the level of imagination and emotion."

Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas, p. 272
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