Thomas Merton on Love
1915–1968 United States
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This new language of prayer has to come out of something which transcends all our traditions, and comes out of the immediacy of love.
Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who he is, and who we are.
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another.
Love and Living (1979)
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that Love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.
Seeds of Contemplation (1949)
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.