Thomas Merton Quotes

I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

Lonely women destroy themselves; lonely men threaten the world.

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.

And this I hate—not men, nor flag nor race, But only War with its wild, grinning face.

Each man kills the things he loves. I recognise that in myself - in relationships, even with guitars - beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.

I wanna piss on his head, I want his family dead.

I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.

I like fighting, but I hate hurting people.

Do not seek death, seek destruction.

If you make your heart into a weapon, you end up using it on yourself.

Multiply your death, divide by sex, add up your violence, what do you get?

Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy.

Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. Not even the person it falls upon knows where it comes from, in most cases. It is like a two-edged sword. When you cut the other person, you cut yourself. The more violently you hack at the other person, the more violently you hack at yourself. It can often be fatal. But it is not easy to dispose of. Please be careful, Mr.Okada. It is very dangerous. Once it has taken root in your heart, hatred is the most difficult think in the world to shake off.

I have a violence in me that is hot as death-blood.

He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.

A man kills the thing he loves, and he must die a little himself.

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

I do like to hit people-I like the explosion of power and energy, and the feeling that I am untouchable because I can hurt people. But I hate that part of myself, because it is the part of me that is the most broken

Destroy yourself, if you don't know!

The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.