Wednesday, July 01, 2009

i can't tell you how much i hate this...


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:

Joan said...

Sometimes people need to hear things like this. Makes us think...

Carrie Wilson Link said...

Thomas Merton is it on a stick.

Jasmine said...

goodness. what great words!