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Book cover for The Fire Next Time
To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.
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Thomas Merton
“Let there always be quiet, dark churches in which men can take refuge.”
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

James Hillman
“For any one of us, child or adult, the question eclipsing all others is: How does what comes with you to the world find a place in the world? How does my meaning fit with the meanings to which I am asked to conform? What helps growing down?”
James Hillman, The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling

Thomas Merton
“Even though my natural acts are good they have a tendency, when they are only natural, to concentrate my faculties on the man that I am not, the one I cannot be, the false self in me, the character that God does not know. This is because I am born in selfishness. I am born self-centered. And this is original sin.”
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

Stephen Batchelor
“To integrate contemplative practice into life requires more than becoming proficient in techniques of meditation. It entails the cultivation and refinement of a sensibility about the totality of your existence—from intimate moments of personal anguish to the endless suffering of the world. This sensibility encompasses a range of skills: mindfulness, curiosity, understanding, collectedness, compassion, equanimity, care.”
Stephen Batchelor, The Art of Solitude

Jared Diamond
“Knowledge brings power. Hence writing brings power to modern societies, by making it possible to transmit knowledge with far greater accuracy and in far greater quantity and detail, from more distant lands and more remote times.”
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

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