Thomas Merton Quotes

We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

You still need to understand what your fundamental and primary jobs are you have to make sure that you execute those before you can really dabble into something else.

We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

I think our time should be spent on talking about those things that unite us as Americans and deliver for the American public. And I think that is something that is a better use of everyone's time, and this is going to further the cause of the American people a lot more than focusing on divisions.

It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

Buddha had said: "Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.

A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.

Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.

Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

We should walk together, work together and progress together. We should move ahead with this mantra.

The four sayings that lead to wisdom: I was wrong I'm sorry I don't know I need help

When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both

We should be breaking down barriers not building walls. We're not going to succeed by dividing this country between us and them. You know, to be great, we can't be small. We can't lose what made America great in the first place.

It will be impossible to put these principles into practice unless the non-owning workers through industry and thrift advance to the state of possessing some little property.

Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter.

The only reason I don't do more is because, like all of us, we have busy lives.

I'm a pretty young person, but I think you need a little life experience to actually say something.

Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the dictate of wisdom, and is necessary to the practice of virtue inmost.

A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.

We need science, more and better science, not for its technology, not for leisure, not even for health or longevity, but for the hope of wisdom which our kind of culture must acquire for its survival.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

If you have to ask, you’ll never know. If you know, you need only ask.