Quotes by Thomas Merton

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God’s mercy to me.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.