You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father.
Thomas MertonNonviolence seeks to โwinโ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a higher and more certain common good than can be attained by bombs and blood. Nonviolence, ideally speaking, does not try to overcome the adversary by winning over [them], but to turn [them] from an adversary into a collaborator by winning [them] over.
Thomas MertonTo Serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all unworthiness whether in oneself or in one's neighbor.
Thomas MertonWhat can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?
Thomas Merton