Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.

Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.

Thomas Merton

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

Communism begins where atheism begins.

Communism begins where atheism begins.

Take away a nation's heritage and they are more easily persuaded.

Take away a nation's heritage and they are more easily persuaded.

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.

Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

All history is nothing but a continuous transformation of human nature.

All history is nothing but a continuous transformation of human nature.

For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.

For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.

A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.

A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.

The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.

The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.

The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

Fear narrows the little entrance of our hearts. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.

Fear narrows the little entrance of our hearts. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.

Our real journey in life is interior.

Our real journey in life is interior.

If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.

If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.

The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives.

The purpose of our lives is to find the purpose of our lives.