For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no contingent self to which anything can be attributed.


New Seeds of Contemplation (ed. New Directions Publishing, 2007) - ISBN: 9780811219655

Thomas Merton Quotes

For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no...

For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no...

For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no...

For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no...