Emi

“We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them and see them in the light of exterior and objective values which make them trivial by comparison.”
― Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

“Great though books may be, friends though they may be to us, they are no substitute for persons, they are only means of contact with great persons...”
― Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

“The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you're having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. I'm fine, you think. So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I'm not falling apart. I'm just lazy. Why it's better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I'm not sure. But it was better. More than better: it was vital.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis but first of all by living.”
― Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude