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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

Love is our true destiny.

Thomas Merton (1979). “Love and Living”, p.32, 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

...love triumphs, at least in this life, not by eliminating evil once for all, but by resisting and overcoming it anew every day.

Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.13, New Directions Publishing

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