Thomas Merton

"We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope" #NoManIsAnIsland

The reason heresies have to be condemned is tht they contain elements that resemble the truth &therefore lead well-meaning Xians into error

"[The Psalms] have been used for centuries as the foundation for Jewish and Christian liturgical prayer" -T. Merton #BreadInTheWilderness

"Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves."

"Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two" #NoManIsAnIsland

Oh, let no man abide In the lunar wood, The place of blood Let no man abide there, no, Not even in a dream. -frm "The Bombarded City" (poem)

"for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy." -Thomas Merton [2/2]

"A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found..." -Thomas Merton [1/2]

We stumble &fall constantly evn whn we are most enlightened. But whn we are in true spiritual darkness,we do not evn know that we hve fallen

Night has a sea whch quenches the machine Or part of it. Night has tides of rain &sources whch go on Washing our houses whn we turn to dream

"Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments." - Thomas Merton

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." - Thomas Merton #Art

"Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how."

"How necessary it is for monks to work in the fields,in the rain,in the sun,in the mud...these are our spiritual directors & novice-masters"

"If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another."