# Quote — Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

> 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.

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