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Our knowledge of god is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that he is love.
-Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
Our knowledge of god is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that he is love.
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I am constantly thankful. the world is so beautiful, i am thankful. i have endless energy, i am thankful. i am plugged into the source of universal supply, i am thankful. i am plugged into the source of universal truth, i am thankful. i have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer.
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I truly believe that america's best days are still ahead of her. and for this, i am thankful to god. i am thankful that one day the war on terror will end, not because we have lost, but because we have won! i am thankful that one day our economy will rebound, not because of governmental micro-management, but as a result of america's entrepreneurial resolve. i am thankful that one day the born and the unborn will be equal under the eyes of the law in every state.
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It is not given to man to know the whole truth. his duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. god alone knows absolute truth. therefore, i have often said, truth is god. it follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. this is god's attribute alone. relative truth is all we know. therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.
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What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.
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The endless cycle of idea and action, endless invention, endless experiment, brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; knowledge of speech, but not of silence; knowledge of words, and ignorance of the word. all our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, all our ignorance brings us nearer to death, but nearness to death no nearer to god. where is the life we have lost in living? where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? where is the knowledge we have lost in information? the cycles of heaven in twenty centuries bring us farther from god and nearer to the dust.
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Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... as gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. we experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of others... we can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, and for the very breath within our lungs. like an innocent child, we can rejoice in life itself, in being alive.
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