The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom. Thomas Merton classroomlearnwork Change image and share on social
Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. Thomas Merton advertisedueproduct Change image and share on social
Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life. Thomas Merton centerchilldeath Change image and share on social
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. Thomas Merton hellhistorymodern Change image and share on social
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. Thomas Merton eartheventlife Change image and share on social
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. Thomas Merton bluechargecool share on social
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. Thomas Merton deepenfindfuture Change image and share on social
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. Thomas Merton beginfindfit Change image and share on social
We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. Thomas Merton constantlydarknessenlighten Change image and share on social
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. Thomas Merton bighumansettle Change image and share on social
