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More Quotes by Thomas Merton
In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.
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.
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
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.