Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.
Thomas MertonLife is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.
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