Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.
Thomas MertonIf we have not silence, God is not heard in our music. If we have no rest God, does not bless our work.
Thomas MertonIt is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.
Thomas MertonThe Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places.
Thomas Merton