Sublime
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The solitary life, being silent, clears away the smoke-screen of words that man has laid down between his mind and things. In solitude we remain face to face with the naked being of things.
Thomas Merton • Thoughts In Solitude
A TREE gives glory to God by being a tree.
Thomas Merton • New Seeds of Contemplation
It is wisdom which is seeking for wisdom.
Shunryu Suzuki • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition
We put words between ourselves and things.
Thomas Merton • Thoughts In Solitude
As the great mystic Saint John of the Cross said, “In order to come to the knowledge you have not, you must go by a way in which you know not.” I love this quote. It’s entirely paradoxical.