Thomas Merton Quotes

It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists of being yourself and that, in the last analysis, your sanctity will never be mine and mine will never be yours, except in the communism of charity and grace. For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

All my work is not personal - I've been trying to get away from that into the true self underneath all the tastes and things we think make up a self.

Your self is sacred; be true to it.

Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.

Truly know thyself, and to thine own self be true.

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

You are meant to understand the nature of your inner self, and to manifest it outward.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.

Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

Be that self which one truly is.

There's got to be a voice deep within you that is untouched by definitions. And it is there that you become divinely who you are.

I'm not what I make.

We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden.

Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.

And the question is, which one is really "you.

You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people.