Thomas Merton “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 View all quotes by Thomas Merton →
“Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.” Thomas Merton
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.” 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 reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton
