"If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything, never become anything, and in the end, because we have said everything before we had anything to say, we shall be left speechless at the moment of our greatest decision."

-- Thomas Merton

#Wisdom Quotes #Decision Quotes #Useless Quotes

“Stick a shovel into the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. Good for trade, we thrive on bones; without them there'd be no stories.”
“...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.”
“I only understand friendship or scorched earth.”
“The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.”
“We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.”
“Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart.”
“I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.”
“A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.”

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