"If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts."

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Thomas Merton

#Being Alone Quotes #Heart Quotes #Paradise Quotes

“The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.”

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“The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion, it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.”
“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.”
“I don't get to go to the super fancy stores unless I am in L.A. so you stay pretty real and normal that way.”
“The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.”
“When the brave men and women who serve our nation in uniform leave to deploy overseas, they dont just leave behind their family and friends, often times they leave behind jobs and livelihoods as well. After the sacrifices they have made, making sure that they have access to a good paying job to support their families when they return is the least we can do,”
“There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?”
“We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.”

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