Thomas Merton Quotes

None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of world we live in.

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

We should never close our doors on love.

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

You love people, not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for their values; their virtues.

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.

Works of love are always to accept and respect others.

What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.

The only solution is love.

If I could have one wish, it would be for people to look at one another with open hearts and minds. Most of all, to look at each other with compassion. No matter who they are.

Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

Love is forgiving and Love is for giving.

Love isn't love until you give it away.

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience.

Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.

We're all amateurs when it comes to love. Don't be too hard on each other.

True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.

Love isn't material. It's energy... We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.

I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.

Earth has not a spectacle more glorious or more fair to show than this love tolerating intolerance; charity covering, as with a vail, even the sin of the lack of charity.

Philanthropy is never understood by those who don't have it in their own hearts.

Truth is, I love everyone that is a good person regardless of what they look like, walk like, or who they love.

Unconditional love goes a long way.