Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
~ Thomas Merton ~
New Seeds of Contemplation
...because I need to hear it.
3 comments:
Sometimes people need to hear things like this. Makes us think...
Thomas Merton is it on a stick.
goodness. what great words!
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