A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.
Thomas MertonOne opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and gives itself to all.
Thomas MertonI shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul.
Thomas MertonTo be truly Catholic is not merely to be correct according to an abstractly universal standard of truth, but also and above all to be able to enter into the problems and the joys of all, to understand all, to be all things to all.
Thomas Merton