Quote by Thomas Merton
"A human being is not a thing or a substance to be defined by way of predicates or what it is that he is. Rather, a human being is free to be whatever he intends to be."
More from Thomas Merton
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image."
"Happiness is not something that comes ready-made. It comes from your own actions."