Thomas Merton Quotes On Peace, Hope, Solitude, Nature, Gratitude

Thomas Merton Quotes On Peace, Hope, Solitude, Nature, Gratitude & Prayer

The American Trappist monk, philosopher, theologian, mister, poet, social activist, and a scholar of comparative religion was Thomas Merton OCSO (31 January 1915 โ€“ 10 December 1968)He was ordained sacerdote and named "Father Louis" on 26 May 1949. In a period of 27 years, Merton published over 50 books, primarily on faith, social justice and peacefulness, as well as numerous essays and reviews.

Thomas Merton Quotes:

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

Thomas Merton

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

THOMAS MERTON

We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.

THOMAS MERTON

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

THOMAS MERTON

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THOMAS MERTON

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God’s mercy to me.

THOMAS MERTON

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

THOMAS MERTON

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

THOMAS MERTON

A daydream is an evasion.

THOMAS MERTON

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.

THOMAS MERTON

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.

THOMAS MERTON

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.

THOMAS MERTON

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

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