The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us … - Thomas Merton

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

Thomas Merton

The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist. . . . It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door.

Mystery, Pure, Reality, Responsibility, Unique, Wisdom

Same Author Quotes

Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

Forests, God, Tree, Trees, Wind

It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the beginning of blessedness and the consummation of humility is the perfection of all joy. Humility contains in itself the answer to all the great problems of the life of the soul. It is the only key to faith, with which the spiritual life begins: for faith and humility are inseparable. In perfect humility all selfishness disappears and your soul no longer lives for itself or in itself for God: and it is lost and submerged in Him and transformed into Him.

Humility, Joy, Keys, Soul, Spiritual, Transformed

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Artificial, Fake People, Inspirational, Pride, Real, Wisdom

In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.

Cease, Ceases, Experience, Objects, Silence

The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth- moral, metaphysical, mystical.

Art, Harmony, Kind, Moral, Mystical

Similar Quotes

Ray Bradbury

Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That's our official slogan.

Ashes, Friday, Monday, Slogan, Whitman

Rush Limbaugh

Go look at what any liberal says about anybody they disagree with, and especially conservatives, the first thing you're gonna hear them talk about is hate, too much hate. Then you'll hear racist, and then bigoted, and automatically homophobic, intolerant. Just go down the list. And they all believe it about any conservative alive. And, in many of their cases, about any Republican alive.

Believe, Bigoted, Gonna, Hate, List, Racist

Matt Gonzalez

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.

Authority, Judges, Judging, Position, Shapes, Thinking

John J. Pershing

The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

Marine, Military, Rifle, Usmc, Weapon, World

Miranda July

I'm totally not kidding. Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing.

Hard, Kidding, Life, Life Is Too Short, Totally, Whole