Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be affected, some remotely, but some very directly and near-at-hand, by my own choices and decisions and desires, as my own life would also be formed and modified according to theirs.


The Seven Storey Mountain (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998) - ISBN: 9780547543819

Thomas Merton Quotes

Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be affected, some...

Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be affected, some...

Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be affected, some...

Since no man ever can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be affected, some...