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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
*Thomas Merton
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The secret of life is in art
* Oscar Wilde
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
* George Bernard Shaw
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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
* William Butler Yeats
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
* Eleanor Roosevelt
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
* Confucius
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There are really only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way and not starting
*Buddha

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samcal9977zz | @samcal9977zz | Apr 6 12:37pm

Thanks for the wonderful quotes! My wife and I are fans of Thomas Merton. I used to correspond with a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani, where he stayed. You know, they have a monastery store. And, they make the most amazing fruitcake and fudge. Not a big fan of their cheese, but the fruitcake and fudge are amazing. And, they make them with good old Kentucky Bourbon! So, my wife's father was dying of brain cancer. And he lost his appetite. He loved fruitcake, so we bought him a fruitcake from the Monastery Store. It was the only thing he would eat! I am no fan of fruitcake, but their fruitcake? Just incredible. We often give it as Holiday gifts to our Catholic friends. Everyone loves it.
https://gethsemanifarms.org/
You might also enjoy this:

A Hidden Wholeness:
The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton
https://merton.org/hiddenwholeness/

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