MERTON, THOMAS : 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, U.S. theologian, social activist and student of comparative religion, 1915-1968)

MERTON, THOMAS : Perhaps I am stronger than I think. (Thomas Merton, U.S. Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, 1915-1968)