Thomas Merton Quotes

For me to be a saint means to be myself.

Don't change being you, because it's hard work being something that you're not.

I learned that all you need to do is be yourself.

It's important just to be yourself. And probably stay out of trouble.

The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.

I know that life, I’ve done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.

Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.

Wait a second Why should you care what they think of you? When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard, you don't have to give it all away, you just have to get up You don't have to change a single thing.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

I just be comfortable in my own skin; I might wear anything.

I just want girls to realize, everybody's born a way for a reason, and you are who you are. You should just be yourself at all times. The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

Whatever you do, be happy with you. Don't conform. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change that for anybody.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Life is more fun when you stop caring what other people think.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

You are what you are, and I'd rather be myself than try and be what I'm not.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

I'm always going to be just me.

You may not be like everyone else, but that's okay. Be who God made you to be.

You know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy... I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.