Thomas Merton Quotes

  • Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.Upload to Facebook
    Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.Upload to Facebook
    Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.Upload to Facebook
    Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.Upload to Facebook
    The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.
    ~ Thomas Merton
  • When ambition ends, happiness begins.Upload to Facebook
    When ambition ends, happiness begins.
    ~ Thomas Merton
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