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Quotes by Thomas Merton

Before we can become who we really are, we must become conscious of the fact that the person who we think we are, here and now, is at best an impostor and a stranger.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in the streets or in the country. Know how to meditate not only when you have a book in your hand but when you are waiting for a bus or riding in a train.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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I stand before you tonight to represent the people who do not count: The poor, the poets, and monks. As long as there are people who are trying to realize the divine in themselves, there shall be hope in the world.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
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"Love is a special way of being alive." 

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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Today will never come again. 

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels that you are afraid of him.  And perhaps if he believed you are capable of loving him he would no longer be your enemy.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
 
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... but any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.

Thomas Merton : American religious writer & poet, became a Trappist monk & priest
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
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