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> [A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/a-faith-that-is-afraid-of-other-people-is-not-faith-at-all/)

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> [A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/a-faith-that-is-afraid-of-other-people-is-no-faith-at-all/)

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> [People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/people-have-no-idea-what-one-saint-can-do-for-sanctity-is-stronger/)

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> [People are in a hurry to magnify themselves by imitating what is popular- and too lazy to think of anything better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/people-are-in-a-hurry-to-magnify-themselves-by-imitating-what-is/)

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> [There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/there-is-no-way-of-telling-people-that-they-are-all-walking-around/)

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> [Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/humble-people-can-do-great-things-with-uncommon-perfection-because/)

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> [The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-truth-that-many-people-never-understand-until-it-is-too-late-is-2/)

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> [I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-cannot-make-the-universe-obey-me-i-cannot-make-other-people-conform/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/people-may-spend-their-whole-lives-climbing-the-ladder-of-success/)

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> [That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/that-is-god-s-call-to-us-simply-to-be-people-who-are-content-to-live/)

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> [In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/in-humility-is-the-greatest-freedom-as-long-as-you-have-to-defend-the/)

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> [Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/creation-was-given-to-people-as-a-clean-window-through-which-the/)

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> [Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/since-no-man-ever-can-or-could-live-by-himself-and-for-himself-alone/)

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> [I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-have-the-immense-joy-of-being-man-a-member-of-a-race-in-which-god/)

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> [I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. The "sanity" of modern man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-am-beginning-to-realize-that-sanity-is-no-longer-a-value-or-an-end/)

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> [The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-importance-of-detachment-from-things-the-importance-of-poverty-is/)

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> [Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/curiously-the-most-serious-religious-people-or-the-most-concerned/)

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> [I stand among you as one who offers a small message of hope. . . there are always people who dare to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-stand-among-you-as-one-who-offers-a-small-message-of-hope-there-are/)

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> [To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-some-men-peace-merely-means-the-liberty-to-exploit-other-people/)

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> [The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-man-who-fears-to-be-alone-will-never-be-anything-but-lonely-no/)

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> [After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/after-all-what-is-your-personal-identity-it-is-what-you-really-are/)

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> [Let me say this before rain becomes a utility that they can plan and distribute for money. By "they" I mean the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/let-me-say-this-before-rain-becomes-a-utility-that-they-can-plan-and/)

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> [Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/do-not-depend-on-the-hope-of-results-you-may-have-to-face-the-fact/)

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> [If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive before we begin to love them, we will never begin. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-we-wait-for-some-people-to-become-agreeable-or-attractive-before/)

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> [The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-devil-is-no-fool-he-can-get-people-feeling-about-heaven-the-way/)

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> [In the natural order no matter what ideals may be theoretically possible, most people more or less live for themselves and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/in-the-natural-order-no-matter-what-ideals-may-be-theoretically/)

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> [I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. If modern people were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-am-beginning-to-realize-that-sanity-is-no-longer-a-value-or-an-end-2/)

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> [If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-a-writer-is-so-cautious-that-he-never-writes-anything-that-cannot/)

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> [The danger of education, I have found, is that it so easily confuses means with ends. Worse than that, it quite easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-danger-of-education-i-have-found-is-that-it-so-easily-confuses/)

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> [In order to find God in ourselves, we must stop looking at ourselves, stop checking and verifying ourselves in the mirror of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/in-order-to-find-god-in-ourselves-we-must-stop-looking-at-ourselves/)

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> [We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/we-are-living-in-a-world-that-is-absolutely-transparent-and-god-is/)

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> [I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/i-am-willing-to-admit-that-some-people-might-live-there-for-years-or/)

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> [It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/it-is-a-glorious-destiny-to-be-a-member-of-the-human-race-now-i/)

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> [Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/instead-of-hating-the-people-you-think-are-war-makers-hate-the/)

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> [There are crimes which no one would commit as an individual which he willingly and bravely commits when acting in the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/there-are-crimes-which-no-one-would-commit-as-an-individual-which-he/)

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> [In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/in-louisville-at-the-corner-of-fourth-and-walnut-in-the-center-of-the/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Love winter when the plant says nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/love-winter-when-the-plant-says-nothing/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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