There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light,…

Thomas Merton
439 citations
There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom, the mother of us all, natura naturans. There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy. It rises up in wordless gentleness, and flows out to me from the unseen roots of all created being.
Philosophy
31

More Author Quotes

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.35, Shambhala Publications
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen (or recovering the natural capacity to listen) we can find our … ▶
We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true inside by manifesting the truth as we see it. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an … ▶
The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass. ✨ Thomas Merton (1972). New Seeds of Conte … ▶
If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words and actions, and attains to the ultimate Truth onl … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes