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Posted on Oct 10, 2008 under American Catholic Writer, T, Thomas Merton, Trappist Monk | 2 CommentsAt this page, you will find love quotes by Thomas Merton, who was a 20th century American Catholic writer. You can read a short excerpt of him from Wikipedia below. If you are interested to find out more about Thomas Merton, you can follow the link to his page at Wikipedia. You will also find other sayings, as well as books by him. I hope you enjoy reading these quotes here.
1. 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.
2. Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Thomas Merton (31 January 1915 – 10 December 1968) was a 20th century American Catholic writer. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist and student of comparative religion. He wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding. He pioneered dialogue with prominent Asian spiritual figures, including the Dalai Lama, D.T. Suzuki, the Japanese writer on the Zen tradition, and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Merton is the subject of several biographies.
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1. Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
2. Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
3. We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.
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Books by Thomas Merton:
1. Praying the Psalms (By Thomas Merton)
2. The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperwork, 587)
3. Thomas Merton’s Paradise Journey
4. Walking With Thomas Merton
5. The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperbook)
6. The Vision of Thomas Merton
7. The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton (New Directions Book)
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