"The need for true solitude is a complexand dangerous thing, but it is a real need. It is all the more real today when the collectivity tends more and more to swallow up the person in its shapeless and faceless mass. The temptation of our say is to equate "love" and "conformity"-- passive subservience to the mass-mind or to the organization...

True solitude is the home of the person, false solitude the refuge of the individualist."

#ThomasMerton #contemplation #solitude

#BuonaDomenica #PensieroPositivo #ThomasMerton: Nessun Uomo è un’isola

#PensieroPositivo #24febbriao2023. #ThomasMerton: La montagna dalle sette balze

Any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.

#ThomasMerton (1915 – 1968)
#TheSevenStoreyMountain 1949
later released as #ElectedSilence 1961

"It's the reality of personal relationships that saves everything."

#ThomasMerton

"The Mystery of the #Visitation implies a whole conception of #communication based on #charity [...] The beginning of communication is the salutation: #Peace be with you! God be with you. [...] How the Mystery of the Visitation is a perfect starting point: in this, the salutation was also a #sacrament; the salutation of Our #BlessedMother was the cause of sanctifying #grace being poured down upon the babe, that leapt in the womb."
#ThomasMerton

#Catholic #Carmelite #Christmas #Mary #quote

"The Mystery of the #Visitation implies a whole conception of #communication based on #charity [...] The beginning of communication is the salutation: #Peace be with you! God be with you. [...] How the Mystery of the Visitation is a perfect starting point: in this, the salutation was also a #sacrament; the salutation of Our #BlessedMother was the cause of sanctifying #grace being poured down upon the babe, that leapt in the womb."
#ThomasMerton

#Catholic #Carmelite #Christmas #Mary #quote

As Thomas Merton discerned his vocation in 1941, he wrote in his journal on 4 November, “Saint Therese of Lisieux, pray for me that I may refuse my God nothing…”

Thomas Merton died on this date, 10 December 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand.
#thomasmerton #stthereseoflisieux #catholic #carmelite

#RandomBookPage going to start sharing from books in home. would love to see yours. not random and not one page but you get the idea.

Letter from #ThomasMerton to Jaime Andradre from book titled The School of Charity. 10 mins or less but depends on level of #pondering.

except for his belief in god, totally true, relatable, relevant. quick read. what do you think?

I don't know if there are screen readers that can read text in images - apologies to people with #accessibility needs

https://www.libridaleggereassolutamente.com/cartoline-con-aforismi/cartolina-aforisma-thomas-merton-3/ #ThomasMerton #aforisma #citazione #frase #aforismi #citazioni #frasi