Categories Thomas MertonThe beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. – Thomas Merton Post author By Shubham Post date April 1, 2022 The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. -Thomas Merton” The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. – Thomas Merton “ Lets be social: 1.4M+ Fans 450K+ Followers ← Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.—Booker T. Washington → Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. Thomas Merton Related articles We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. -Thomas Merton Your life is shaped by the end you live for, You are made in the image of what you desire. -Thomas Merton To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. -Thomas Merton Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. -Thomas Merton We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. -Thomas Merton