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Thomas Merton Quotes

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity Picture Quote #1

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope Picture Quote #1

There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun Picture Quote #1

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake Picture Quote #1

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live Picture Quote #1

I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone Picture Quote #1

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For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air Picture Quote #1

Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments Picture Quote #1

Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger Picture Quote #1

The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around Picture Quote #1

Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us Picture Quote #1

While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance Picture Quote #1

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People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall Picture Quote #1

Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything Picture Quote #1

Prayer is an expression of who we are... We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment Picture Quote #1

I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul Picture Quote #1

God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend. We must find him in the pagan or we will lose him in our own selves, substituting for his living presence an empty abstraction Picture Quote #1

There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. To be born again is not to become somebody else, but to become ourselves 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 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

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

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

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity Picture Quote #1

I am earth, earth my heart's love bursts with hay and flowers. I am a lake of blue air in which my own appointed place field and valley stand reflected Picture Quote #1

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When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well Picture Quote #1

Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist Picture Quote #1

It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives Picture Quote #1

The peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence - it is unshakeable Picture Quote #1

True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us only as a gift, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques Picture Quote #1

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me Picture Quote #1

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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity (Thomas Merton Quotes) You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope (Thomas Merton Quotes) There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun (Thomas Merton Quotes) Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake (Thomas Merton Quotes) Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live (Thomas Merton Quotes) I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone (Thomas Merton Quotes) For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air (Thomas Merton Quotes) Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments (Thomas Merton Quotes) Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger (Thomas Merton Quotes) The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around (Thomas Merton Quotes) Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us (Thomas Merton Quotes) While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance (Thomas Merton Quotes) People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall (Thomas Merton Quotes) Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything (Thomas Merton Quotes) Prayer is an expression of who we are... We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment (Thomas Merton Quotes) I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul (Thomas Merton Quotes) God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend. We must find him in the pagan or we will lose him in our own selves, substituting for his living presence an empty abstraction (Thomas Merton Quotes) There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. To be born again is not to become somebody else, but to become ourselves (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 (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) 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) 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) Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity (Thomas Merton Quotes) I am earth, earth my heart's love bursts with hay and flowers. I am a lake of blue air in which my own appointed place field and valley stand reflected (Thomas Merton Quotes) When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well (Thomas Merton Quotes) Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist (Thomas Merton Quotes) It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives (Thomas Merton Quotes) The peace produced by grace is a spiritual stability too deep for violence - it is unshakeable (Thomas Merton Quotes) True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us only as a gift, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques (Thomas Merton Quotes) The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me (Thomas Merton Quotes)

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