Thomas Merton Quotes

In The End The Contemplative Suffers The Anguish Of Realizing That He No Longer Knows What God Is. He May Or May Not Mercifully Realize That, After All, This Is A Great Gain, Because "God Is Not A What," Not A "thing." That Is Precisely One Of The Essential Characteristics Of Contemplative Experience. It Sees That There Is No "what" That Can Be Called God. There Is "no Such Thing" As God Because God Is Neither A "what" Nor A "thing" But A Pure "Who."* He Is The "Thou" Before Whom Our Inmost "I" Springs Into Awareness. He Is The I Am Before Whom With Our Own Most Personal And Inalienable Voice We Echo "I Am.

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