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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Thomas Merton ~ To a nation whose problem is a spiritual one


 

"When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate." Thomas Merton 1956 ~ Thoughts in Solitude