Quote by Thomas Merton
“Vous feindrez quelquefois d'être faible afin que vos ennemis, ouvrant la porte à la présomption et à l'orgueil, viennent ou vous attaquer mal à propos, ou se laissent surprendre eux-mêmes et tailler en pièces honteusement. Vous ferez en sorte que ceux qui vous sont inférieurs ne puissent jamais pénétrer vos desseins. Vous tiendrez vos troupes toujours alertes, toujours en mouvement et dans l'occupation, pour empêcher qu'elles ne se laissent amollir par un honteux repos.”
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Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.
Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.