Thomas Merton Quotes about Age

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In an age where there is much talk about being yourself, I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.

Thomas Merton

Being Yourself, Age, Littles

Thomas Merton (1974). “A Thomas Merton Reader”, Image

The art of our time, sacred art included, will necessarily be characterized by a certain poverty, grimness and roughness which correspond to the violent realities of a cruel age.

Thomas Merton

Art, Reality, Age