854 Quotes by Thomas Merton

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another.

The whole aim of Zen is not to make foolproof statements about experience, but to come to direct grips with reality without the mediation of logical verbalizing.

Christ is born to us today, in order that he may appear to the whole world through us.

To be a saint is to be yourself.

There is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude.

The closer we are to God, the closer we are to those who are close to him.

It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.

Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything.

For our duties and our needs, in all the fundamental things for which we were created, come down in practice to the same thing.