Thomas Merton on desire
Thomas Merton76 quotes“A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.”
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We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed – but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton 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?
Thomas MertonThomas Merton But if you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton 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.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton You are made in the image of what you desire.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton
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