Thomas Merton Quotes about Attitude

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The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a man's life, to get behind the façade of conventional gestures and attitudes which he presents to the world, and to bring out his inner

The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a man's life, to get behind the façade of conventional gestures and attitudes which he presents to the world, and to bring out his inner spiritual freedom, his inmost truth, which is what we call the likeness of Christ in his soul.

Thomas Merton

Spiritual, Attitude, Men

Thomas Merton (1960). “Spiritual Direction and Meditation”, p.16, Liturgical Press

The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself.

Thomas Merton

Attitude, Real, Fundamentals

Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.124, Sounds True

Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has no clothes on How can it be spoken.

Thomas Merton

Attitude, Wind, Clothes

Thomas Merton (1980). “The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton”, p.351, New Directions Publishing