You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection unless you are detached even from the desire of peace and recollection. You will never be able to pray perfectly until you are detached from the pleasures of prayer.


New Seeds of Contemplation (ed. New Directions Publishing, 2007) - ISBN: 9780811217248

Thomas Merton Quotes

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection unless you are detached even from the desire of peace and recollection. You...

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection unless you are detached even from the desire of peace and recollection. You...

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection unless you are detached even from the desire of peace and recollection. You...

You will never be able to have perfect interior peace and recollection unless you are detached even from the desire of peace and recollection. You...