Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.
THOMAS MERTONDo not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.
More Thomas Merton Quotes
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May God prevent us from becoming “right-thinking men”-that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police.
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Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
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We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.
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The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.
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Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
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Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
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Our real journey in life is interior.
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People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
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If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.
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Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.
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You are made in the image of what you desire.
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We are not converted only once in our lives but many times and this endless series of conversions and inner revolutions leads to our transformation.
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How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?
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People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
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When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.
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