Quotes by Thomas Merton

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

#Happiness

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

#Art

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

#Truth

In this age of crowds in which I have determined to be a solitary, perhaps...

#Age, #Funny

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

#History

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about...

#God, #Self Knowledge, #Truth

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

#Faith

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves...

#Life, #Meaning Of Life

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

#Fear

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

#Thomas Merton

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

#Thomas Merton

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the...

#Thomas Merton