Sunday, September 13, 2009

More on Merton

3 comments:

Dean Smith said...

This reminds me of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's paradox in Life Together - "Whoever cannot be alone should beware of being in community...Whoever cannot stand being in community should beware of being alone."

k said...

This is marvelous, and I love the Bonhoeffer quote, which I hadn't read.

Anonymous said...

"Out here in the toolshed there is nothing to think about but God." Oh, for such focus! I'm sure my wandering mind could come up with a few more things.