# Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

- Author: [Thomas Merton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-merton.md)
- Quotes: 1
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-merton/conjectures-of-a-guilty-bystander

## Quotes

> It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes: yet, with all that, God Himself gloried in becoming a member of the human race. A member of the human race! To think that such a commonplace realization should suddenly seem like news that one holds the winning ticket in a cosmic sweepstake.

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