THOMAS MERTON NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION QUOTES

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”

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

“The real test of love is loving those who we feel are the hardest to love.”

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”

“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds.”

“We receive enlightenment only in proportion as we give ourselves away to others.”

“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be, it is obeying Him. It ‘consents,’ so to speak, [to] God’s creative love.”

“A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life.”

“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.”

“Solitude is not separation. It is a deeper unity.”

“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.”

“The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion.” SINGLE PARENTS AT CHRISTMAS QUOTES

“The more we try to bypass or avoid suffering, the more it persists.”

“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds.”

“We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.”

“The only way to find out anything about the joys of life is to plunge into it, live it to the hilt, take risks, make mistakes, learn firsthand.”

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us, and He has given us everything.”

“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.”

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

“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.”