"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."
― Thomas Merton
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Love
More From Thomas Merton
- "We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God."
- "Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how."
- "A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire."
More In Love
- "Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent."― Henry David Thoreau
- "I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it."― Eminem
- "Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."― Marcus Aurelius