Thomas Merton Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968
Birthday: January 31
Death: December 10
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only in contemplation, and the superficial, external self which we commonly identify with the first person singular.
source: Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.7, New Directions Publishing
topic: Self, Firsts, Superficial, First Person, Transcendent
