More quotes by Thomas Merton

"....it is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have meaning, but because the resurrection of Jesus has robbed them of their meaning."
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another."
"Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real"
"Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it."
"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul."