The only right way: to love and serve the man of the modern world, but not simply to succumb, with him, to all his illusions about the world.
Thomas MertonIt is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.
Thomas MertonHow do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man's city?
Thomas Merton