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For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God's will, to be what God wants us to be.
— Thomas Merton
The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.
— Thomas Merton
There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace, my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If I find Him I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find Him.
— Thomas Merton
Who can free himself from achievement And from fame, descend and be lost Amid the masses of men? He will flow like Tao, unseen, He will go about like Life itself With no name and no home. Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool. His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation. Since he judges no one No one judges him. Such is the perfect man: His boat is empty.
— Thomas Merton
We have what we seek. We don't have to rush after it. It was there all the time, and if we give it time it will make itself known to us.
— Thomas Merton
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
— Thomas Merton
How do you expect to arrive at the end of your journey if you take the road to another man's city?(100)
— Thomas Merton
In all His acts God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him and seek Him and who strive to bring their own freedom under obedience to His divine purpose. All that is done by the will of God in secret is done for His glory and for the good of those whom He has chosen to share in His glory.
— Thomas Merton
The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace.
— Thomas Merton
The peculiar grace of a shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit on it.
— Thomas Merton
the humble man takes whatever there is in the world that helps him to find God and leaves the rest aside. He
— Thomas Merton
Place no hope in the feeling of assurance, in spiritual comfort. You may well have to get along without this.
— Thomas Merton