The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him.

—Thomas Merton

About Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, Catholic priest, theologian, mystic, poet, and writer. He was a professed member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.

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Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

—Thomas Merton

Love is all fire; and so heaven and hell are the same place.

—Thomas Merton

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God [is] hidden within me. I find Him by hiding in the silence in which He is concealed.

—Thomas Merton

The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart of that dark warmth comes the secret that is heard only in silence, but it is the root of all the secrets that are whispered by all the lovers in their beds all over the world.

—Thomas Merton

Teenagers have no monopoly on [adolescent behavior], except insofar as we are in fact a teenage society—a society that likes to play "chicken" not with fast cars, but with ballistic missiles.

—Thomas Merton

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Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

—Mother Teresa

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To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

—Théophile Gautier

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Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.

—Andre Breton

Love is metaphysical gravity.

—R. Buckminster Fuller

Being in love is a strange thing. Even when you hate the person for saying or doing something, you don’t stop loving them. You may want to or even go as far to say you won’t, but when you love them, truly love them, it never goes away.

—Shey Stahl in Black Flag

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14 Sep 2013 Added