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Thomas Merton Quotes

Thomas Merton quotes

American Author January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968

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Thomas Merton quote: "Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity."
Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living;..."
In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than..."
But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. Thomas Merton
Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind. That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky sea that drowned his reputation. Thomas Merton
And of course most non-Catholics imagine that the Church is immensely rich, and that all Catholic institutions make money hand over fist, and that all the money is stored away somewhere to buy gold and silver dishes for the Pope and cigars for the College of Cardinals. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind,..."
If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. Thomas Merton
They were in the world and not of it--not because they were saints, but in a different way: because they were artists. The integrity of an artist lifts a man above the level of the world without delivering him from it. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "Whose silence are you?"
Whose silence are you? Thomas Merton
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton
Despair is the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a person deliberately turns his back on all help from anyone else in order to taste the rotten luxury of knowing himself to be lost Thomas Merton
We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he subsists. (295) Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "If you want to study the social and political history of..."
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. Thomas Merton
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
Thomas Merton quote: "In the end, it's the reality of personal realtionships that..."
In the end, it's the reality of personal realtionships that save everything. Thomas Merton
Show us your Christ, Lady, after this our exile, yes: but show Him to us also now, show Him to us here, while we are still wanderers. Thomas Merton

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