Thomas Merton Quotes about Inspirational

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We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Courage, Men

Thomas Merton (2009). “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”, p.312, Image

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Wisdom, Fake People

Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.119, Shambhala Publications

Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Yoga, Voice

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Spiritual, Moon

Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.35, Sounds True

Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual... And for a man who has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than to sit still and rest, doing nothing at all. The very act of resting is the hardest and most courageous act he can perform.

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Spiritual, Men

One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in a man who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other men.

Thomas Merton

Inspirational, Men, Mind Your Own Business

Thomas Merton (2003). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.259, Shambhala Publications