Best Thomas Merton Words
- The true inner self must be drawn up like a jewel from the bottom of the sea, rescued from confusion, from indistinction, from immersion in… Bottom
- It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted… All
- I have learned that one cannot truly know hope unless he has found out how like despair hope is. Cannot Truly
- Love is the epiphany of God in our poverty. Epiphany
- Grains of error planted innocently in a well-kept greenhouse can become giant poisonous trees. Error
- Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness,… Ash Wednesday
- Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness… Ash Wednesday
- We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is set free from preoccupation with itself and is able to seek God and… Able
- It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the… All
- Nonviolence seeks to ‘win’ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a higher and more… Adversaries
- Each one of us has some kind of vocation. We are all called by God to share in His life and in His Kingdom. Each… According
- One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value… Ability
- The man of faith who has never experienced doubt is not a man of faith. Doubt
- What I do is live, how I pray is breathe, what I wear is pants. Breathe
- I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.… All
- I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities… All
- What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share… Able
- Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love. Consists
- All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and… Abominable
- You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father. Best
- We do not pray for the sake of praying, but for the sake of being heard. We do not pray in order to listen to… Answer
- The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions of an interior… Attraction
- The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all. All
- What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning… Answer
- Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of our… Accomplish
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