There was this shadow, this double, this writer who had followed me into the cloister. He rides my shoulders I cannot lose him. - Thomas Merton Quotes
There was this shadow, this double, this writer who had followed me into the cloister. He rides my shoulders I cannot lose him. Thomas Merton
 

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The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom - Thomas Merton Quotes

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom

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A daydream is an evasion. - Thomas Merton Quotes

A daydream is an evasion.

Thomas Merton

 American Author
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. - Thomas Merton Quotes

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Thomas Merton

 American Author Earth
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell - Thomas Merton Quotes

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

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 Hell
It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them…. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. - Thomas Merton Quotes

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them…. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

Thomas Merton

 Brother
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. - Thomas Merton Quotes

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Thomas Merton

 American Author inspirational Love
The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt - Thomas Merton Quotes

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt

Thomas Merton

 Anxiety
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. - Thomas Merton Quotes

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Thomas Merton

 American Author
October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful. - Thomas Merton Quotes

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.

Thomas Merton

 America American Author
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real - Thomas Merton Quotes

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Thomas Merton

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