Thomas Merton
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves.”
“Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.”
“Do not depend on the hope of results.”
“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves.”
“The rush and pressure of modern life are a form—perhaps the most common form—of its innate violence.”
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”