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If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.

If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.

Thomas Merton
Being Single, Being Alone, Heart
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.121, Shambhala Publications

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.

Thomas Merton
Loneliness, Being Alone, Profound
Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.81, New Directions Publishing

To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved but only the exercise of love in our own souls.

Thomas Merton
Real, Being Single, Being Alone
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.3, Shambhala Publications

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