Best Thomas Merton Quotes
- At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark… Absolute
- Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the… All
- As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf… All
- Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered... Action
- For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air. Achieved
- Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments. Accomplishing
- To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep of hell. Selfishness… All
- On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is… Case
- Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting… Become Transformed
- True encounter with Christ liberates something within us, a power we did not know we had, a capacity to grow and change. Capacity
- This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but in realizing the… Actuality
- We who claim to love peace and justice must always be careful that we do not use our righteousness to provoke the violent, and in… Barbarity
- The art of our time, sacred art included, will necessarily be characterized by a certain poverty, grimness and roughness which correspond to the violent realities… Age
- There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom,… Action
- Love is our true destiny. Destiny
- A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough… Alone
- One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and… Abyss
- If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can… Able
- Thinking prevents the unconscious from speaking. From
- When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you. Everyone
- One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in… Business
- The fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the wind, and join in the general Dance. Awful
- My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain… Ahead
- The biggest disease in North America is busyness. America
- 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.… Abstraction
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