There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism and overwork.
Thomas MertonThe solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.
Thomas MertonHow do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man's city?
Thomas MertonIt is not only our hatred of others that is dangerous but also and above all our hatred of ourselves: particularly that hatred of ourselves which is too deep and too powerful to be consciously faced. For it is this which makes us see our own evil in others and unable to see it in ourselves.
Thomas Merton