No Man Is an IslandHere, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation provides fresh insight into Merton's favorite topics of silence and solitude, while also underscoring the importance of community and the deep connectedness to others that is the inevitable basis of the spiritual life--whether one lives in solitude or in the midst of a crowd. |
Contents
Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away | 1 |
Sentences on Hope | 13 |
Conscience Freedom and Prayer | 24 |
Pure Intention | 54 |
The Word of the Cross | 80 |
Asceticism and Sacrifice | 100 |
Being and Doing | 123 |
Vocation | 138 |
The Measure of Charity | 173 |
Sincerity | 198 |
Mercy | 218 |
Recollection | 229 |
My Soul Remembered God | 243 |
The Inward Solitude | 258 |
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