If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words and actions, and attains to the ultimate Truth only in silence and Love.


Love and Living (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979) - ISBN: 9781429966726

Thomas Merton Quotes

If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words...

If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words...

If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words...

If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words...