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Thomas Merton Quotes

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love Picture Quote #1

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet Picture Quote #1

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony Picture Quote #1

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell Picture Quote #1

Love is an intensification of life Picture Quote #1

The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him Picture Quote #1

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Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose Picture Quote #1

The problem today is that there are no deserts, only dude ranches Picture Quote #1

The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives Picture Quote #1

Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two Picture Quote #1

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity Picture Quote #1

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun Picture Quote #1

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake Picture Quote #1

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live Picture Quote #1

I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone Picture Quote #1

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder Picture Quote #1

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For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air Picture Quote #1

Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments Picture Quote #1

Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger Picture Quote #1

The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around Picture Quote #1

Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us Picture Quote #1

While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything Picture Quote #1

Prayer is an expression of who we are... We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment Picture Quote #1

I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul Picture Quote #1

God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend. We must find him in the pagan or we will lose him in our own selves, substituting for his living presence an empty abstraction Picture Quote #1

There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. To be born again is not to become somebody else, but to become ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love (Thomas Merton Quotes) By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet (Thomas Merton Quotes) Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony (Thomas Merton Quotes) If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell (Thomas Merton Quotes) Love is an intensification of life (Thomas Merton Quotes) The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him (Thomas Merton Quotes) Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose (Thomas Merton Quotes) The problem today is that there are no deserts, only dude ranches (Thomas Merton Quotes) The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives (Thomas Merton Quotes) Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two (Thomas Merton Quotes) Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity (Thomas Merton Quotes) Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism (Thomas Merton Quotes) 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 (Thomas Merton Quotes) There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun (Thomas Merton Quotes) Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake (Thomas Merton Quotes) Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live (Thomas Merton Quotes) I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone (Thomas Merton Quotes) Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder (Thomas Merton Quotes) For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air (Thomas Merton Quotes) Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments (Thomas Merton Quotes) Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger (Thomas Merton Quotes) The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around (Thomas Merton Quotes) Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us (Thomas Merton Quotes) While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance (Thomas Merton Quotes) 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 (Thomas Merton Quotes) Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything (Thomas Merton Quotes) Prayer is an expression of who we are... We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment (Thomas Merton Quotes) I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul (Thomas Merton Quotes) God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend. We must find him in the pagan or we will lose him in our own selves, substituting for his living presence an empty abstraction (Thomas Merton Quotes) There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this change is a recovery of that which is deepest, most original, most personal in ourselves. To be born again is not to become somebody else, but to become ourselves (Thomas Merton Quotes)

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