Quotes from Thomas Merton
The man of faith who has never experienced doubt is not a man of faith.
- 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
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real
- Thomas Merton
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
- Thomas Merton
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
- Thomas Merton
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
Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
- Thomas Merton
The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.
- Thomas Merton
We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
- Thomas Merton
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
- Thomas Merton
[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens.
- 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.
- Thomas Merton