Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
Thomas Merton
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- Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
- Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
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- Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.