Thomas Merton Quote

In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else.


A Thomas Merton Reader (ed. Image, 1974)


In an age where there is much talk about being yourself, I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very...

In an age where there is much talk about being yourself, I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very...

In an age where there is much talk about being yourself, I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very...

In an age where there is much talk about being yourself, I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very...