Thomas Merton Quotes - Page 14
You are certainly one of the joys of life for all who have ever come within a mile of you.
Thomas Merton (1989). “The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends”, p.71, Macmillan
Thomas Merton (1979). “Love and Living”, p.32, Macmillan
Thomas Merton (2011). “Thoughts In Solitude”, p.31, Macmillan
I have learned that one cannot truly know hope unless he has found out how like despair hope is.
Thomas Merton, M. Basil Pennington (2005). “Thomas Merton: I Have Seen what I was Looking for : Selected Spiritual Writings”, p.228, New City Press
To be ordinary is not a choice: It is the usual freedom of men without visions.
Thomas Merton (1980). “The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton”, p.280, New Directions Publishing
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.13, New Directions Publishing
Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.112, New Directions Publishing
We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen.
Thomas Merton (2002). “Seeds”
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.213, Shambhala Publications
"Thoughts in Solitude". Book by Thomas Merton, 1956.
Thomas Merton (2003). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.101, Shambhala Publications
Thomas Merton (2002). “The Sign of Jonas”, p.166, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
If you have never had any distractions you don't know how to pray.
Thomas Merton (2012). “On Christian Contemplation”, p.27, New Directions Publishing
Thomas Merton (1976). “Thomas Merton: On Peace”, Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers