Thomas Merton Quote

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.


Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk & Writer (ed. Harper San Francisco, 1996)


Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you...

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you...

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you...

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you...