There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness.
Thomas MertonActions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.
Thomas MertonI will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas MertonI am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is needed, and violence will not really change anything: at most it will only transfer power from one set of bull-headed authorities to another.
Thomas MertonYou pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.
Thomas MertonTo know the Cross is not merely to know our own sufferings. For the Cross is the sign of salvation, and no man is saved by his own sufferings. To know the Cross is to know that we are saved by the sufferings of Christ; more, it is to know the love of Christ Who underwent suffering and death in order to save us. It is, then, to know Christ.
Thomas Merton