Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. T
  4. Thomas Merton
  5. It is true that we are called to create a better world. But ...

It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.

Thomas Merton
Creating, Tasks, Mindfulness
Thomas Merton (1979). “Love and Living”, p.202, Macmillan
It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.