Thomas Merton Quotes

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves Thomas Merton Picture Quote

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves

— Thomas Merton

Love is its own reward. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Love is its own reward.

— Thomas Merton

Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand.

— Thomas Merton

Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible

— Thomas Merton

There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist Thomas Merton Picture Quote

There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist

— Thomas Merton

O love-why can’t you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question Thomas Merton Picture Quote

O love-why can’t you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question

— Thomas Merton

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every Thomas Merton Picture Quote

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every

— Thomas Merton

The closer we are to God, the closer we are to those who are close to him. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

The closer we are to God, the closer we are to those who are close to him.

— Thomas Merton

The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but Thomas Merton Picture Quote

The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but

— Thomas Merton

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is Thomas Merton Picture Quote

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is

— Thomas Merton

It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Thomas Merton Picture Quote

It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the

— Thomas Merton

Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My

— Thomas Merton

Humility is the surest sign of strength. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Humility is the surest sign of strength.

— Thomas Merton

I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity … I intend to become Thomas Merton Picture Quote

I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity … I intend to become

— Thomas Merton

There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, Thomas Merton Picture Quote

There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now,

— Thomas Merton

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection Thomas Merton Picture Quote

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection

— Thomas Merton

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot Thomas Merton Picture Quote

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot

— Thomas Merton

At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which Thomas Merton Picture Quote

At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which

— Thomas Merton

Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and

— Thomas Merton

It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty Thomas Merton Picture Quote

It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty

— Thomas Merton

Merely to resist evil with evil by hating those who hate us Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Merely to resist evil with evil by hating those who hate us

— Thomas Merton

Thinking about monastic ideals is not the same as living up to Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Thinking about monastic ideals is not the same as living up to

— Thomas Merton

A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.

— Thomas Merton

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

For me to be a saint means to be myself.

— Thomas Merton

We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of Thomas Merton Picture Quote

We thank Him less by words than by the serene happiness of

— Thomas Merton

The pleasure of a good act is something to be remembered – Thomas Merton Picture Quote

The pleasure of a good act is something to be remembered –

— Thomas Merton

We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is Thomas Merton Picture Quote

We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is

— Thomas Merton

It is by the Holy Spirit that we love those who are Thomas Merton Picture Quote

It is by the Holy Spirit that we love those who are

— Thomas Merton

How far have I to go to find you in whom I have already arrived. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

How far have I to go to find you in whom I have already arrived.

— Thomas Merton

We do not pray for the sake of praying, but for the Thomas Merton Picture Quote

We do not pray for the sake of praying, but for the

— Thomas Merton

As long as I am content to know that He is infinitely Thomas Merton Picture Quote

As long as I am content to know that He is infinitely

— Thomas Merton

Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must

— Thomas Merton

Love is our true destiny. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Love is our true destiny.

— Thomas Merton

I can depend less and less on my own power and sense Thomas Merton Picture Quote

I can depend less and less on my own power and sense

— Thomas Merton

When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of Thomas Merton Picture Quote

When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of

— Thomas Merton

A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all. Thomas Merton Picture Quote

A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all.

— Thomas Merton

The land which thou goest to possess is not like the land Thomas Merton Picture Quote

The land which thou goest to possess is not like the land

— Thomas Merton

Imagination has the creative task of making symbols, joining things together in Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Imagination has the creative task of making symbols, joining things together in

— Thomas Merton

It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human Thomas Merton Picture Quote

It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human

— Thomas Merton

Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek Thomas Merton Picture Quote

Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek

— Thomas Merton

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