“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own… — Steven Aitchison Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton asked, “What am I?” and answered, “I am myself a word spoken by God.” How we perceive ourselves, who we… — Stuart Briscoe Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton, the American monk, pointed out that we may spend our whole life climbing the ladder of success, only to find… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton once said that some of the most violent people he met were social activists, in what they did to themselves.” — Paul F. Knitter Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton speaks plainly and honestly when he writes, “We learn to live by living together with others, and by living like… — Richard Plass Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton says, “We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. —Journal of Thomas Merton” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton, another solitary, understood that. The beginning of freedom, he wrote, is not liberation from the body but liberation from the… — George Sheehan Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton, say it, as he so often does: “A door opens in the center of our being, and we seem to… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to… — Tom Ryan Copy Share Image
I feel like, for me, reading Thomas Merton is like “Wait a minute, this is a rabbit hole. This isn’t a gateway… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
“My friend’s experience reminded me that the search for a perfect religious community is a futile one. As the Trappist monk Thomas… — James Martin Copy Share Image
I was worried before I saw the play 'The Seven Storey Mountain', thinking I don't really want to see a play about… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Thomas Merton The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in… — Tai Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton says, “Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“I'm in the market for some present tense; I'm on the lookout, shopping around, more so every year. It's a seller's market—do… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Perceptive and valuable personal explorations of time alone include A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland, Party of One by Anneli Rufus,… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Secularity is a way of being dependent on the responses of our milieu. The secular or false self is the self which… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“A Prayer by Thomas Merton My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road… — Kevin O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton wrote, “there is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.” There is always an… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Eventually, I developed my own image of teh "befriending" impulse behind my depression. Imagine that from early in my life, a friendly… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“I loved Enso Roshi’s teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
“Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world's sickest and poorest people, once quoted me… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Salvation is a restoration project, not an evacuation project! Or as Thomas Merton put it, “Eschatology is not an invitation to escape… — Brian Zahnd Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, wrote that nothing can be expressed about solitude “that has not already been said better by the… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“We do not want to be beginners (at prayer), but let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be… — Sandra Chambers Copy Share Image
“As Thomas Merton says, “We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton who said: “The will of God is not a ‘fate’ to which we must submit, but a creative act in… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
We usually recognize a beginning. Endings are more difficult to detect. Most often, they are realized only after reflection. Silence. We are… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“Quoting from Thomas Merton Dialogues With Silence The true contemplative is not one who prepares his mind for a particular message that… — Stephen Cope Copy Share Image
“If what God says is the truest thing about us, then it makes sense to follow him and accept our As-Is condition… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“THE GROUND OF EXPERIENCE It is necessary to die in order to be reborn. As soon as you experience impermanence, non-self, and… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“I had another reason for seeking Him, for trying to espy His face, a professional one. God and literature are conflated in… — Paul Quarrington Copy Share Image
“When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton said it was actually dangerous to put the Scriptures in the hands of people whose inner self is not yet… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
