We cannot achieve…
We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
If we seek…
If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
God came to live among us…
We are of such value to God that He came to live among us… and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
God’s speech is silence…
The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
All spiritual or…
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all.
— Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Love God, love silence…
One who loves God necessarily loves silence.
— Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
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