All Thomas Merton Quotes
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.
Thomas Merton
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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.
Thomas Merton
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.
Thomas Merton
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Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
Thomas Merton
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To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
Thomas Merton
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The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.
Thomas Merton
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We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
Thomas Merton
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Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Thomas Merton
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The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
Thomas Merton
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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton
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