Instincts Quote by Thomas Merton Download Open image “I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery.” — Thomas Merton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Instincts Me Monastery Writer Writing
“Monks and writers lead very similar lives. We spend our best time in retreat from the world, anxious to make something of our rich… — Rougeau a Benedictine Monk Copy Share Image
“For two years I’ve been a monk but the only monastery I’ve lived in is my own mind.” — Bhiksus Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au Copy Share Image
“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and moments of… — Paul Wilkes Copy Share Image
You are holding in your hands not only a book of readings and instruction for the journey, but one monastic's heart of love held… — Paula D'Arcy Copy Share Image
Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of transforming the… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
“Monasticism is really based on the idea that if you leave people, you leave the spirit of the world. But you do not. You… — David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
“Thomas had followed his passion to the Zen Mountain Monastery, believing, as many do, that the key to happiness is identifying your true calling… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Monasticism had transformed the humble work of discipleship into the meritorious activity of the saints, and the self-renunciation of discipleship into the flagrant spiritual… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
At McCormick Theological Seminary I had to take Hebrew, so I began to read prophetic poetry, and suddenly it became the life I wanted… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The desire to kill is like the desire to attack another with an ingot of red -hot iron: I have to pick up the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
To enter into the realm of contemplation one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance to a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“The wisdom of the flesh is a judgement that the ordinary ends of our natural appetites are the goods to which the whole of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“You have permission to walk away from anything that doesn't feel right. Trust your instincts and listen to your inner-voice — it's trying to… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
There are seasons in life. Don't ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay… — Jane Clayson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust.” — Jocelyn Murray Copy Share Image
Performa's founder and prime mover, Roselee Goldberg, has great instincts for which artists might collaborate well together. — Roberta Smith Copy Share Image
I've written hundreds of songs, and I tend to think that my instincts are pretty good when it comes to what people are going… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You… — Callie Thorne Copy Share Image
It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. That's why the first recipe I… — Aarti Sequeira Copy Share Image
We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help… — Brian Geraghty Copy Share Image
I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts. — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I choose totally by instinct. And the only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it. — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
