Shining Quotes by Thomas Merton

8 Shining quotes by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton shares eight brief reflections on the notion of shining. This modest set offers a glimpse into his contemplative voice.

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There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.

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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…

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Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will…

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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…

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Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, /…

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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…

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Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all…

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The soul of man, left to its own natural level, is a potentially lucid crystal left in darkness. It is perfect in…

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