The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. Thomas Merton discoverdiscoveryerror Change image and share on social
Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. Thomas Merton actactivitybegin share on social
In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. Thomas Merton analysisexistencefail share on social
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Thomas Merton squeezetight Change image and share on social
October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful. Thomas Merton americabegincatalogue Change image and share on social
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. Thomas Merton artificialhumilitymake Change image and share on social
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness. Thomas Merton imaginationleaveman Change image and share on social
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. Thomas Merton doorstepeffectevent Change image and share on social
Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ. Thomas Merton christeyefoot Change image and share on social
