Thomas Merton Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968
Birthday: January 31
Death: December 10
As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this love is the resetting of a body of broken bones. Even saints cannot live with saints on this earth without some anguish. There are two things which men can do about the pain of disunion with other men. They can love or they can hate.
source: Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.72, New Directions Publishing
topic: Pain, Hate, Love Is, Broken Bone
