English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Thomas Merton Quotes

God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.

Thomas Merton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space. Claude Nicollier
Steve Brown quote: "We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT."
We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT. Steve Brown
Sally Field quote: "You have to give up the life you planned to find the life..."
You have to give up the life you planned to find the life that's waiting for you Sally Field
It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis. Arthur Machen
It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation. Keith Urban
Vanessa Williams quote: "New York is my home."
New York is my home. Vanessa Williams
Theo Van Gogh quote: "My use of language is part and parcel of my message."
My use of language is part and parcel of my message. Theo Van Gogh
Saul Bellow quote: "The hour that burst the spirit's sleep..."
The hour that burst the spirit's sleep... Saul Bellow
That wasn't because of money, it was because I had a job for the next two days and wanted to work. So I faked a test. That was over two years ago. Why has there been no issue about it since then? Marc Wallice
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of..."
Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society. William Falconer
Richard Powers quote: "The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status..."
The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it. Richard Powers
Helen Keller quote: "So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my..."
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. Helen Keller
L. M. Montgomery quote: "It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it."
It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it. L. M. Montgomery
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going..."
She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel. P. G. Wodehouse