Best quotes by Thomas Merton on God

Checkout quotes by Thomas Merton on God

• ‟ We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

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• ‟ By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.

  - Thomas Merton
  

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

  - Thomas Merton
  

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

  - Thomas Merton
  

• ‟ The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

  - Thomas Merton