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Thomas Merton Quotes

Weaknesses and deficiencies... play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another Picture Quote #1

The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter Picture Quote #1

Where self-interest is the bond, the friendship is dissolved when calamity comes. Where tao is the bond, friendship is made perfect by calamity Picture Quote #1

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire Picture Quote #1

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ Picture Quote #1

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life Picture Quote #1

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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know how Picture Quote #1

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it Picture Quote #1

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God Picture Quote #1

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness Picture Quote #1

I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me Picture Quote #1

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. A wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful Picture Quote #1

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another Picture Quote #1

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To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell Picture Quote #1

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves Picture Quote #1

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen Picture Quote #1

Everybody makes fun of virtue, which by now has, as its primary meaning, an affectation of prudery practiced by hypocrites and the impotent Picture Quote #1

We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony Picture Quote #1

Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked Picture Quote #1

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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by not being shared is not big enough to make us happy Picture Quote #1

Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within Picture Quote #1

We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves. But a selfish love of ourselves makes us incapable of loving others Picture Quote #1

May God prevent us from becoming right thinking men - that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police Picture Quote #1

Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down Picture Quote #1

Technology is not in itself opposed to spirituality and to religion. But it presents a great temptation Picture Quote #1

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Weaknesses and deficiencies... play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another (Thomas Merton Quotes) The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter (Thomas Merton Quotes) Where self-interest is the bond, the friendship is dissolved when calamity comes. Where tao is the bond, friendship is made perfect by calamity (Thomas Merton Quotes) A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire (Thomas Merton Quotes) Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ (Thomas Merton Quotes) Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life (Thomas Merton Quotes) Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know how (Thomas Merton Quotes) Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another (Thomas Merton Quotes) 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 (Thomas Merton Quotes) 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 (Thomas Merton Quotes) Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it (Thomas Merton Quotes) The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them (Thomas Merton Quotes) 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 (Thomas Merton Quotes) We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God (Thomas Merton Quotes) We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness (Thomas Merton Quotes) I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me (Thomas Merton Quotes) October is a fine and dangerous season in America. A wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful (Thomas Merton Quotes) The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another (Thomas Merton Quotes) To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell (Thomas Merton Quotes) We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves (Thomas Merton Quotes) We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen (Thomas Merton Quotes) Everybody makes fun of virtue, which by now has, as its primary meaning, an affectation of prudery practiced by hypocrites and the impotent (Thomas Merton Quotes) We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony (Thomas Merton Quotes) Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked (Thomas Merton Quotes) A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by not being shared is not big enough to make us happy (Thomas Merton Quotes) Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within (Thomas Merton Quotes) We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves. But a selfish love of ourselves makes us incapable of loving others (Thomas Merton Quotes) May God prevent us from becoming right thinking men - that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police (Thomas Merton Quotes) Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down (Thomas Merton Quotes) Technology is not in itself opposed to spirituality and to religion. But it presents a great temptation (Thomas Merton Quotes)

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