--- title: "14 God love Quotes By Thomas Merton" description: "14 God love quotes by Thomas Merton. Plus more from Thomas Merton and more God love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/thomas-merton-231_be-grateful_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_776130.jpg" --- > [To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love-of-god-in-everything/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/thomas-merton-231_be-grateful_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_776130.jpg) > [The only unhappiness is not to love God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/thomas-merton-231_god_the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god_546181.jpg) > [A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains-a-bad-book/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/thomas-merton-231_book_a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains_1538584.jpg) > [The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-in-god-is-that-they-have/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/thomas-merton-231_atheism_the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-i_1696387.jpg) > [Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/every-breath-we-draw-is-a-gift-of-god-s-love-every-moment-of/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/thomas-merton-231_breaths_every-breath-we-draw-is-a-gift-of-god-s_2001278.jpg) > [To Serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-serve-the-god-of-love-one-must-be-free-one-must-face-the-terrible/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/thomas-merton-231_decision_to-serve-the-god-of-love-one-must-be-fre_2679677.jpg) > [Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/business-is-not-the-supreme-virtue-and-sanctity-is-not-measured-by/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/thomas-merton-231_accomplish_business-is-not-the-supreme-virtue-and-s_541568.jpg) > [To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-god-is-to-say-that-love-is-the/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/thomas-merton-231_character_to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-go_1080511.jpg) > [“It is God’s love that speaks to me in the birds and streams; but also behind the clamor of the city God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-the-birds-and-streams-but-also/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/thomas-merton-231_god_it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-th_3226874.jpg) > [Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/surrender-your-own-poverty-and-acknowledge-your-nothingness-to-the/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/thomas-merton-231_acknowledge_surrender-your-own-poverty-and-acknowled_3170005.jpg) > [“God bridges the infinite distances between Himself and the spirits created to love Him, by supernatural missions of His own life. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/god-bridges-the-infinite-distances-between-himself-and-the-spirits/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/thomas-merton-231_goals_god-bridges-the-infinite-distances-betwe_1414559.jpg) > [To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love-of-god-in-everything-he-has-2/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thomas-merton-231_awakening_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_1930011.jpg) > [It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-is-not-merely-our-own-desire-but-the-desire-of-christ-in-his/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/thomas-merton-231_broken_it-is-not-merely-our-own-desire-but-the_2751161.jpg) > [“For it is God’s love that warms me in the sun and God’s love that sends the cold rain. It is God’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/for-it-is-god-s-love-that-warms-me-in-the-sun-and-god-s-love-that/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/thomas-merton-231_hot-summer_for-it-is-god-s-love-that-warms-me-in-th_130309.jpg) ## Other authors on God love ## More by Thomas Merton > [“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/let-no-one-hope-to-find-in-contemplation-an-escape-from-conflict-from/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-be-god-or-represent-him-to-us/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-is-almost-impossible-to-overestimate-the-value-of-true-humility/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/we-are-not-perfectly-free-until-we-live-in-pure-hope-for-when-our/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with an ingot of red -hot iron: I have to pick up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-desire-to-kill-is-like-the-desire-to-attack-another-with-an-ingot/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [To enter into the realm of contemplation one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-enter-into-the-realm-of-contemplation-one-must-in-a-certain-sense/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-mission-of-christian-humility-in-social-life-is-not-merely-to/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/peace-cannot-be-built-on-exclusivism-absolutism-and-intolerance-but/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/things-that-are-good-are-good-and-if-one-is-responding-to-that/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [Love winter when the plant says nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/love-winter-when-the-plant-says-nothing/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-logic-of-worldly-success-rests-on-a-fallacy-the-strange-error/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [“The wisdom of the flesh is a judgement that the ordinary ends of our natural appetites are the goods to which the whole of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-wisdom-of-the-flesh-is-a-judgement-that-the-ordinary-ends-of-our/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-will-no-longer-wound-myself-with-the-thoughts-and-questions-that/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-you-write-for-god-you-will-reach-many-men-and-bring-them-joy-if/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [“Contemplation means rest, suspension of activity, withdrawal into the mysterious interior solitude in which the soul is absorbed in the immense and fruitful silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/contemplation-means-rest-suspension-of-activity-withdrawal-into-the/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-love/thomas-merton/#itemlist", "name": "14 God love Quotes By Thomas Merton", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love-of-god-in-everything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/thomas-merton-231_be-grateful_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_776130.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/thomas-merton-231_be-grateful_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_776130.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/thomas-merton-231_be-grateful_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_776130.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only unhappiness is not to love God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/thomas-merton-231_god_the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god_546181.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/thomas-merton-231_god_the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god_546181.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/thomas-merton-231_god_the-only-unhappiness-is-not-to-love-god_546181.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only unhappiness is not to love God.” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains-a-bad-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/thomas-merton-231_book_a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains_1538584.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/thomas-merton-231_book_a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains_1538584.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/thomas-merton-231_book_a-bad-book-about-the-love-of-god-remains_1538584.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-in-god-is-that-they-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/thomas-merton-231_atheism_the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-i_1696387.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/thomas-merton-231_atheism_the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-i_1696387.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/thomas-merton-231_atheism_the-real-reason-why-so-few-men-believe-i_1696387.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love…” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; 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Love is my name.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-god-is-to-say-that-love-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/thomas-merton-231_character_to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-go_1080511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/thomas-merton-231_character_to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-go_1080511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/thomas-merton-231_character_to-say-that-i-am-made-in-the-image-of-go_1080511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is…” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is God’s love that speaks to me in the birds and streams; but also behind the clamor of the city God speaks to me in His judgments, and all these things are seeds sent to me from His will. If”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-the-birds-and-streams-but-also/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/thomas-merton-231_god_it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-th_3226874.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/thomas-merton-231_god_it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-th_3226874.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/thomas-merton-231_god_it-is-god-s-love-that-speaks-to-me-in-th_3226874.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is God’s love that speaks to me in the birds and streams; but also behind the clamor of the city God…” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. 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