Thomas Merton's Red Diary

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La sainteté est douloureuse, tant qu'elle n'est pas de tous.

Holiness is painful as long as it is not shared by all.

O. Clement

Every reverse is a pointer to some spiritual truth that we were in danger of forgetting. You therefore should strive calmly to settle down & examine from this point of view the reverse that has so deeply shocked you.

Staretz Macarius of Optino

The wood of this cross that now breaks your back first grew in the soil of your heart.

Staretz Macarius of Opt