Quote by Thomas Merton
Peace is not something you must hope for in the future. It is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present, you will never find it.

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"Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, a completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life."

- Thomas Merton

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"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."

- Thomas Merton

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"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—we find it with another."

- Thomas Merton

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"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another."

- Thomas Merton

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"There is only one desire: to find the promised land and the freedom of a pure love that is without concern for anything else but love."

- Thomas Merton

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"I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."

- Edna Mode

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"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."

- Maria Edgeworth

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"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

- Confucius

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"The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need."

- Ann Richards

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"I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be."

- Danny DeVito

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