Thomas Merton

Faith Quotes

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love. -
Thomas Merton
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Truth Quotes

Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him. -
Thomas Merton

Inspirational Quotes

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. -
Thomas Merton
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Faith Quotes

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more. -
Thomas Merton

Inspirational Quotes

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity. -
Thomas Merton
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Love Quotes

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. -
Thomas Merton