Thomas Merton , (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Catholic writer, theologian and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, soc...
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. Thomas Merton
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery. Thomas Merton
I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery.
Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. Thomas Merton
Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. Thomas Merton
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Thomas Merton
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.
In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. Thomas Merton
In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.
We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others. Thomas Merton
We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. Thomas Merton
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom. Thomas Merton
The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. Thomas Merton
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me. Thomas Merton
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. Thomas Merton
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.
