If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive before we begin to love them, we will never begin. If… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to be interested in it from the… — Thomas Merton Alive Copy Share Image
“In a state where “liberty” is based on the “rights” of each individual there can never be true justice. But in a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The primordial blessing, 'increase and multiply', has suddenly become a hemorrhage of terror. We are numbered in billions, and massed together, marshalled,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Nonviolence seeks to ‘win’ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a… — Thomas Merton Adversaries Copy Share Image
“One who is content with what he has, and who accepts the fact that he inevitably misses very much in life, is… — Thomas Merton Happiness Copy Share Image
“Contemplation, on the contrary, is the experiential grasp of reality as subjective, not so much “mine” (which would signify “belonging to the… — Thomas Merton Contemplation Copy Share Image
Place no hope in the feeling of assurance, in spiritual comfort. You may well have to get along without this. Place no… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“No matter how much the original Rule of St. Francis has changed, I think his spirit and his inspiration are still the… — Thomas Merton Inspiration Copy Share Image
“If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved. And… — Thomas Merton Fear Copy Share Image
“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of… — Thomas Merton Coming together Copy Share Image
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