Thomas Merton Quotes (60 Quotes)

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.

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure you were created for Joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live.

The least work of learning is done in the classroom.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

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

A daydream is an evasion.

We do not exist for ourselves.

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

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.