"I can only become perfectly free by serving…" — Thomas Merton
"I can only become perfectly free by serving the will of God."
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491 Quotes by Thomas Merton
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- Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.
- We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
- Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.
- If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious…
- I suppose what makes me most glad is that we all recognize each other in this metaphysical space of silence…
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- Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
- Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your…
- If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
- Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender…
- Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy.…
- Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its…
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