Table Of ContentFront Matter Page: i
Half Title Page: i
BOOKS BY THOMAS MERTON Page: ii
Title Page: iii
Copyright Page: iv
Dedication Page: v
Contents Page: vii
Author's Note Page: ix
PROLOGUE No Man Is an Island Page: xi
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND Page: 1
1 LOVE CAN BE KEPT ONLY BY BEING GIVEN AWAY Page: 3
2 SENTENCES ON HOPE Page: 14
3 CONSCIENCE, FREEDOM, AND PRAYER Page: 24
4 PURE INTENTION Page: 52
5 THE WORD OF THE CROSS Page: 77
6 ASCETICISM AND SACRIFICE Page: 96
7 BEING AND DOING Page: 117
8 VOCATION Page: 131
9 THE MEASURE OF CHARITY Page: 164
10 SINCERITY Page: 188
11 MERCY Page: 206
12 RECOLLECTION Page: 217
13 "MY SOUL REMEMBERED GOD " Page: 230
14 THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT PLEASES Page: 237
15 THE INWARD SOLITUDE Page: 244
16 SILENCE Page: 254
Back Cover Page: Back Cover
Spine Page: Spine
Description:The classic collection of essays for those seeking spiritual wisdom from the religious scholar, Trappist monk, and author of The Seven Storey Mountain. A recapitulation of his earlier work Seeds of Contemplation, this collection of sixteen essays plumbs aspects of human spirituality. Merton addresses those in search of enduring values, fulfillment, and salvation in prose that is, as always, inspiring and compassionate. “A stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest, and noblest life” (Chicago Tribune). Praise for Thomas Merton “He is perhaps the proper patron saint of our information-saturated age, of we who live and move and have our being in social media, and then, desperate for peace and rest, withdraw into privacy and silence, only to return. As we always will.”—The New Yorker “Merton wrote of ageless spiritual life and religious devotion with the knowledge of a modern.”—The New York Times “It is undoubtedly one of the most significant accounts of conversion from the modern temper to God that our time has seen.”—America Magazine on The Seven Storey Mountain
