"To be loved like that makes all the difference. It does not lessen the terror of the fall, but it gives a new perspective on what that terror means. I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, the one thing powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity." Paul Auster (Moon Palace)
Showing posts with label "silence". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "silence". Show all posts

Friday, July 18, 2025

Fait-divers on silence

Every place of silence is invaded by noise. Everywhere we see the ravages of this on our thinking.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Fait-divers by Thomas Merton on silence

Contradictions have always existed in the soul of man. It is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become a insoluble problem. (Thomas Merton)

Monday, May 26, 2025

Fait-divers on silence by Thomas Merton

There is a greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. (Thomas Merton)