#thomasmerton

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Macbeth

Part 1: Here is another passage from the same book (“No Man an Island”): “God does not demand that every man attain to what is theoretically highest and best. It is better to be a good street sweeper than

I am not happy about criticising adversely any other person who is (like myself, I hope?) in the vineyard doing the work s/he sees God to have given her to do. There are plenty of books which do this,