#go

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

#effects #good #leaves #love #loved

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#god #others #ourselves #peace

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#i #itself #nation #newspaper #suppose

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#being #courage #god #him #just

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#been #discover #discovery #error #finding

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#god #life #me #mercy #my life

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#anything #begin #catalogue #college #course

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#ahead #am #anyone #awards #ball player

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#because #call #day #devoted #football

Either we're going to solve this by realistic negotiation or there will be blood on the border. ↗

— Tom Metzger

#border #either #going #negotiation #realistic