"The beginning of love is the will to let those..." - Thomas Merton

🤝 Friendship

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves”

Letting friends be fully themselves is the beginning of true love.

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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.”

— Thomas Merton

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”

— Thomas Merton

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy”

— Thomas Merton

“A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters.”

— Thomas Merton

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.”

— Thomas Merton

“When we become aware of our humility, we have already lost it. Thus we may be most truly grateful when we are not aware that we are grateful.”

— Thomas Merton

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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.”

— Jane Austen

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

— Elbert Hubbard

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire.”

— Bruce Lee

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Love is a friendship set to music.”

— Joseph Campbell