Thomas Merton



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Thomas Merton

Author profile


born
in Prades, France
January 31, 1915

died
December 10, 1968

gender
male

genre
Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

influences
Gerard Manley Hopkins


About this author

Thomas Merton was one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, in the American state of Kentucky, Merton was an acclaimed Catholic spiritual writer, poet, author and social activist. Merton wrote over 60 books, scores of essays and reviews, and is the ongoing subject of many biographies. Merton was also a proponent of inter-religious dialogue, engaging in spiritual dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh and D. T. Suzuki. His life and career were suddenly cut short at age 53, when he was electrocuted stepping out of his bath.


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Thomas Merton's Books

Average rating: 4.17 · 16,869 ratings · 1,261 reviews · 207 distinct works · Similar authors
The Seven Storey Mountain
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,707 ratings — published 1948 — 29 editions
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New Seeds of Contemplation
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 2,697 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions
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No Man Is an Island
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 1955 — 16 editions
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The Way of Chuang Tzu
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions
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Thoughts in Solitude
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 1956 — 12 editions
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Contemplative Prayer
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
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The Wisdom of the Desert: S...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions
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Zen and the Birds of Appetite
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1968 — 6 editions
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions
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Quotes by Thomas Merton

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
tags: friendship, love, self-discovery, trust, truth
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