The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

Quote by Thomas Merton

Topics: Thomas Merton Quotes

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the...

We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the...

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens...

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens...

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

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

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything...

October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left...

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our...

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve...

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve...

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your...

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your...

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves,...

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves,...

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give...

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give...

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the...

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the...

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of...

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of...

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart,...

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that...

Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to...

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart:...

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart:...

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.