Thomas Merton Quotes about Darkness

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For the ones who are called saints by human opinion on earth may very well be devils, and their light may very well be darkness

For the ones who are called saints by human opinion on earth may very well be devils, and their light may very well be darkness

Thomas Merton

Wisdom, Light, Darkness

Thomas Merton (1998). “The Seven Storey Mountain”, p.211, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

To become attached to the experience of peace is to threaten the true and essential and vital union of our soul with God above sense and experience in the darkness of a pure and perfect love.

Thomas Merton

Perfect, Soul, Darkness

Thomas Merton (2003). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.214, Shambhala Publications

It seems to me that the darkness that has troubled you ... comes from one very serious source. Without wanting to be in conflict with the truth and with the will of God, we are actually going against God's will and His teaching.

Thomas Merton

Teaching, Darkness, Serious

Thomas Merton (1995). “Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis”, p.182, Macmillan