Thomas Merton Quote

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves. Or until life solves them for you.

The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation (ed. Harper Collins, 2012) - ISBN: 9780062245083

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve...

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve...

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve...

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve...