Quote of the day
American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.
Thomas Merton
Born: January 31, 1915
Died: December 10, 1968 (aged 53)
Bio: Thomas Merton was one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, in the U.S. state of Kentucky, Merton was an acclaimed Catholic theologian, poet, author and social activist.
Known for:
- The Seven Storey Mountain (1948)
- New Seeds of Contemplation (1949)
- Zen and the birds of appetite (1968)
- Thoughts in solitude (1958)
- The Sign of Jonas (1953)
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