Home / Quotes / Quote by Thomas Merton

Quote by Thomas Merton

“From the moment you put a piece of bread in your mouth you are part of the world. Who grew the wheat? Who made the bread? Where did it come from? You are in relationship with all who brought it to the table. We are least separate and most in common when we eat and drink.”

Quote by Thomas Merton

Author

Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968) was an American writer, poet, social critic, and mystic. His works covered a wide range of topics including philosophy, religion, and social justice, and were highly appreciated by readers. more

You May Also Like

“We always look at the 'Fortune ,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards.”

Men Looks Dying Safety Fortune Glasses Construction Site Homeless Garbage Ceilings Collectors Hazards Cellars Glass Ceiling Construction Sites

Author:Warren Farrell

“At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.”

Roles Construction Basics

Author:Kim Cattrall

“There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster;' instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.”

People Looks Persons Mirrors Monsters Justify Construction Savages

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.”

Men Loss Results Weather Construction Flood Ecosystems Erosion Deforestation Levees

Author:Paul Hawken

“It's no accident that most self-help groups use 'anonymous' in their names; to Americans, the first step toward redemption is a ritual wiping out of the self, followed by the construction of a new one.”

Firsts Self Helping Use Names Steps Groups Self Help Accidents Redemption Ritual Construction First Steps Wiping Out

Author:Walter Kirn

“A lot of writers fall in love with their sentences or their construction of sentences, and sometimes that's great, but not everybody is Gabriel Garcia Marquez or James Joyce. A lot of people like to pretend that they are, and they wind up not giving people a good read or enlightening them.”

People Giving Sometimes Fall Wind Falling In Love Sentences Construction Enlightening Gabriel Joyce Good Reads Marquez Garcia Marquez

Author:James Patterson

“I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody. The people that do all the sculptures and paintings for big building construction. We never hear about them, but they make more money than anybody.”

People Bigs Artist Building Painting Construction More Money Sculpture

Book:Andy Warhol: the late work

Source: Andy Warhol: the late work

“Every human being is under construction from conception to death.”

Humans Human Beings Conception Construction Under Construction

Book:Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well

Source: Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well

“Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy over competition and climbing. They will normally choose connection over simple performance games.”

Games Simple Conversation Empathy Connections Performances Competition Circles Climbing Construction Hierarchy Pyramids

Author:Richard Rohr

“We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists, being the best laboratory assistants we can be. It's all in a bundle; it's very exciting, it's a lot of fun.”

Running Fun Space Scientist Exciting Workers Being The Best Stations Construction Engineers Laboratory Assistants Bundles Plumber Electrician

Author:Thomas Marshburn