Thomas Merton Quote

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly himself: for his personality and individuality are perfected in their true order, the spiritual, interior order.

The Seven Storey Mountain (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998) - ISBN: 9780547543819

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly...

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly...

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly...

The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly...