More Quotes by Thomas Merton
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds
Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.
Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.
When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following Your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
