In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It was like waking from a dream of separateness, of spurious self-isolation in a special world, the world of renunciation and supposed holiness. . . . This sense of liberation from an illusory difference was such a relief and such a joy to me that I almost laughed out loud. . . . I have the immense joy of being a member of a race in which God became incarnate. . . . There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun. —Thomas Merton More about this quote Tags: love God laughter joy dream brotherhood relief separateness renunciation holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I dare say anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshiped. —Iris Murdoch More about this quote Tags: love worship sincerity holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for! —Antonio Porchia More about this quote Tags: power naming blindness holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm a holy man minus the holiness. —E. M. Forster More about this quote Tags: holiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email