The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
—Thomas Merton

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

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
—Thomas Merton

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
—Thomas Merton

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
—Thomas Merton