Quotes about Journey
The secret of my full identity is hidden in Him. He alone can make me who I am, or rather who I will be when at last I fully begin to be. But unless I desire this identity and work to find it with Him and in Him, the work will never be done
— Thomas Merton
Show us your Christ, Lady, after this our exile, yes: but show Him to us also now, show Him to us here, while we are still wanderers.
— Thomas Merton
We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!
— Thomas Merton
For although he is right with us and in and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find Him.
— Thomas Merton
SIT FINIS LIBRI, NON FINIS QUAERENDI
— Thomas Merton
We live as spiritual men when we live as men seeking God.
— Thomas Merton
Good Shepherd, You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles. But please don't get tired of looking for me! I know You won't. For You have found me. All I have to do is stay found.
— Thomas Merton
Mere sitting at home and meditating on the divine presence is not enough for our time. We have to come to the end of a long journey and see that the stranger we meet there is no other than ourselves—which is the same as saying that we find Christ in him. For if the Lord is risen, as He said, He is actually or potentially alive in every man.
— Thomas Merton
We believe, not because we want to know, but because we want to be.
— Thomas Merton
Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis but first of all by living.
— Thomas Merton
The madman runs to the East and his keeper runs to the East, both are running to the East. Their purposes differ.
— Thomas Merton
All theology is a kind of birthday Each one who is born Comes into the world as a question For which old answers Are not sufficient…
— Thomas Merton