TOP 10 Thomas Merton quotes

10

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

9

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.

8

The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them.

7

Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone.

6

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image.

5

"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

4

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.

3

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

2

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

1

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.