Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O.was an American Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth31 January 1915
CityPrades, France
CountryUnited States of America
power men guarantees
For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all the others. Only love can attain and preserve the good of all. Any claim to build the security of all on force is a manifest imposture.
less
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.
imagination kind obscure
We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation
opposites want waste
Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which... are just the opposite of what we were made for?
errors tree giants
Grains of error planted innocently in a well-kept greenhouse can become giant poisonous trees.
sainthood spirituality sanctity
Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else.
buddhist buddhism christianity
I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.
being-single heart being-alone
If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.
inspirational happiness order
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
spiritual encounters christ
True encounter with Christ liberates something within us, a power we did not know we had, a capacity to grow and change.
crucifixion-of-christ joy grace
This is the crucifixion of Christ: in which He dies again and again in the individuals who were made to share the joy and freedom of His grace, and who deny Him.
pants praying breathe
What I do is live, how I pray is breathe, what I wear is pants.
praise praise-god adore
The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise GOD.
imagination certain should
The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around.