« All Some Quotes · Thomas Merton's Page
Some Quotes by Thomas Merton
- I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence and happening, and get some…
- If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
- As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this…
- Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and…
- Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.
- 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…
- It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food…
- Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' It is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. What,…
- 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…
- The real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some…
- Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be…
- Because You have called me here not to wear a label by which I can recognize myself and place myself in some kind of a…
- I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may meanI myself do not know, but…
- In any case, his religious teaching consisted mostly in more or less vague ethical remarks, an obscure mixture of ideals of English gentlemanliness and his…
- I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet…
- While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance.
- Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spiritual order, which it expresses and in some sense explains.
- For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of some…
- To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means the freedom to…
- The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.
- If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you…
- Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get…
- Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already possess. Vocation does…
- There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet,…
- True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God Himself,…
More Ways to Read Some Quotes by Thomas Merton
More Some Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong