True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope, a capacity for life, a resilience, an ability to bounce…

- Thomas Merton

Our real journey in life is interior.

- Thomas Merton

In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.

- Thomas Merton

Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

- Thomas Merton

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges…

- Thomas Merton

When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.

- Thomas Merton

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blos…

- Thomas Merton

To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His …

- Thomas Merton

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 reflect…

- Thomas Merton