“If
you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how
I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think
is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these
two answers you can determine the identity of any person. The better answer he
has, the more of a person he is.”—Thomas Merton quoted in M. Basil Pennington, Thomas Merton: Brother Monk: The Quest for True Freedom (1987)Sunday, February 2, 2014
Quote of the Day (Thomas Merton, on the ‘Thing I Want To Live For’)
“If
you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how
I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think
is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these
two answers you can determine the identity of any person. The better answer he
has, the more of a person he is.”—Thomas Merton quoted in M. Basil Pennington, Thomas Merton: Brother Monk: The Quest for True Freedom (1987)
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