We make ourselves real by telling the truth. Man can hardly forget that he needs to know the truth, for the instinct to know is too strong in us to be destroyed. But he can forget how badly he also needs to tell the truth. We cannot know truth unless we ourselves are conformed to it.
A Merton Reader, ed. by Thomas P. McDonnell, (New York: Image Books, 1989) 120.
Thought for the Day We are too much like Pilate. We are always asking, "What is truth?" and then crucifying the truth that stands before our eyes.
A Merton Reader, ed. by Thomas P. McDonnell, (New York: Image Books, 1989) 120.
Contemplative Pause
Contemplative Pause: Throughout this week, pause, take a breath, and listen with your heart. When do you embrace truth as a friend and when do you banish truth as an unwanted foe?
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