The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them.
Thomas MertonIn our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.
Thomas MertonPrayer is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him...who loves us, who is near to us.
Thomas MertonPersons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who he is, and who we are. It is only this realization that can open to us the real nature of our duty, and of right action.
Thomas Merton