Darkness Quote by Thomas Merton Download Open image ““The deepest need of our darkness is to comprehend the light which shines in the midst of it.”” — Thomas Merton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Darkness Light Need
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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
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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
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