The Seven Storey Mountain

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

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The name,Thomas Merton,seems to pop up in my world quite often. Sometimes it is in a book that I‘m reading, or an article online and even quotes on the TV screen for a music station that is often on. A good friend highly recommended this book. It has been sitting on my shelves for years. Born in France, educated at Cambridge and Columbia,having lived a life filled with travel,adventure and many friends,Thomas decided he wanted a simple life.

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DivineDiana #booke2022 #aboutareligion 3y

Cinfhen I love book karma / sounds like a fascinating read 💞🤗 3y

DivineDiana @Cinfhen 👋🏻 As do I! ❤️ 3y

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Suet624 💕💕💕Merton. His life story was kind of sad at the end so I‘m glad he wrote this book while he had it in him. 3y

DivineDiana @suet624 I am sorry to hear that. I know he died at 53 in Thailand, but I don‘t know the details. He wrote 50 books in 27 years. This one was chosen by the National Review as one of the top 100 nonfiction books of the century. (edited) 3y

DivineDiana #192025 #1948 3y

Librarybelle Good choice! 3y

DivineDiana @Librarybelle Thank you📚🙂 3y

Suet624 @DivineDiana it‘s definitely a good one. I‘ve read it several times during periods when I needed to hear his voice through his words. 3y

DivineDiana @Suet624 ❤️ 3y

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deepspacejohn

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

Great prose. Still at the beginning, but loving it so far.

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deepspacejohn

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

Finally reading this book. It‘s one of those books I keep seeing referenced and quoted, so it‘s time to see what the buzz is all about.

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Lcsmcat

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

The monastery should be the home of #BenevolentBrothers. #newyearnewyou @Eggs

GingerAntics This has been on my TBR for ages. Have you read it? What did you think? 5y

Lcsmcat I have and I liked it. My favorite quote is “If you don‘t want the effect, do something to remove the causes. There is no use loving the cause and fearing the effect and being surprised when the effect inevitably follows the cause.” I want to read his more mature work but haven‘t gotten around to it yet. 5y

Eggs I love the quote-pragmatic!! 5y

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Pam.Kokomo

Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

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Thoroughly enjoyed this one, after years of seeing it waiting for me on my shelf.

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

Literature speaks of the fundamental things: life, death, time, love, sorrow, fear, wisdom, suffering, eternity.

davidjoseph Found a copy of Seven Storey at a library book sale recently...and Signet's Complete Shakespeare. Good to know they belonged together! 6y

jessamyngrace @davidjoseph That's pretty neat! 6y

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.

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Pam.Kokomo

Seven Storey Mountain (Anniversary) | Thomas Merton

Sunday stack and several hours to read...a real treat!

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gradcat

Seven Storey Mountain (Anniversary) | Thomas Merton

#QuotsyJan19

(Day 28 - #Pride)

I‘m not sure which of Merton‘s books this quote is from...just going by my (perhaps somewhat feeble) memories from grad school...sorry if I‘m wrong. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Freespirit Great quote! 6y

gradcat @Freespirit Thank you for commenting...I always love those 🥰 6y

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jessamyngrace

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows, not by clarity and substance but by dreams and creatures of psychosis.

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TimSpalding

Seven Storey Mountain (Anniversary) | Thomas Merton

Fruitful trip to the Bryan Mawr Bookstore in Cambridge, MA. *Two* books about Zoroastrianism?

DivineDiana I am interested in reading Thomas Merton. 7y

saresmoore Ooh, excellent! 7y

TimSpalding I read Merton decades ago—before I became a Catholic. I‘m interested how my memories match up. 7y

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GingerAntics

The Seven Storey Mountain | Thomas Merton

I so wish my library had a copy of this. I can‘t say I‘m surprised, though. It‘s not exactly the “brand” of Christianity of the loudest voices in the community. #sevenstoreymountain #thomasmerton #library #libraryfail #autobiography

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