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Thomas Merton Quotes

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American Author January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968

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Thomas Merton quote: "The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they..."
The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them. Thomas Merton
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a way, they were certainly saints. And they were saints in that most effective and telling way: sanctified by leading ordinary lives in a completely supernatural manner, sanctified by obscurity, by usual skills, by common tasks, by routine, but skills, tasks, routine which received a supernatural form from grace within. Thomas Merton
Therefore, doing the Stations of the Cross was still more laborious than consoling, and required a sacrifice. It was much the same with all my devotions. They did not come easily or spontaneously, and they very seldom brought with them any strong sensible satisfaction. Nevertheless the work of performing them ended in a profound and fortifying peace: a peace that was scarcely perceptible, but which deepened and which, as my passions subsided, became more and more real, more and more sure,... 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: "Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real."
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real"
Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "The religious answer is not really religious if it's not fully..."
The religious answer is not really religious if it's not fully real. Evasion is the answer of superstition. Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton quote: "We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest..."
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. Thomas Merton

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