"Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul." ― Thomas Merton Topic(s): Inspirational Tags: event, every, moment More From Thomas Merton "Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience." "Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward." "The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error." More In Inspirational "It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it."― Amelia Barr "Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation – through compassion and courage – about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice."― Mark Pryor "Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?"― Fulton J. Sheen