Thomas Merton Quote

The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only be kept by being given away, and it can only be given perfectly when it is also received.


No Man is an Island (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2005) - ISBN: 9781590302538


The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only...

The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only...

The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only...

The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only...