Thomas Merton Quotes
Quotes
Religion“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ The religious answer is not really religious if it's not fully real. Evasion is the answer to superstition. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ 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. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ The least of learning is done in the classrooms. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ What every man looks for in life is his own salvation and the salvation of the men he lives with. By salvation I mean first of all the full discovery of who he himself really is ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ When ambition ends, happiness begins. ”
Thomas MertonQuotes
Religion“ Hurry ruins saints as well as artists ”
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