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“A Book of Hours by Thomas Merton”

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.”

“By my monastic life and vows I am saying No to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders, the racial injustices, the economic tyrannies, and the whole socio-economic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction in spite of all its fair words in favor of peace.”

“Hope of attaining true freedom by purely political means has become an insane delusion. .”

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"A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours."

— Aga Khan IV

Religion1936–2025

#Human Nature

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

— C. S. Lewis

Literature1925–1954

#Human Nature

"The distinction between individuals is not to be found in self-interest. It is to be found in the degree of intelligence they apply in interpreting their self-interest. The "selfless" one, in the name…"

— Leonard E. Read

Literature1898–1983

#knowledge

"The whole point of female concealment in Islamic society is that men are not expected to take responsibility for their sexual urges, so any woman who is not covered up from head to toe is asking to be…"

— Pat Condell

Literature1949

#society