"Be still. Listen to the stones . . . Be silent, they try to speak your name . . . , speaking by the Unknown that is in you and in themselves . . . The whole world is secretly on fire. The stones burn, even the stones. They burn me. How can a person be still or listen to all things burning? How can he dare to sit with them WHEN ALL THEIR SILENCE IS ON FIRE?"
Thomas Merton
Photo: The hoodoos of the "Silent City" section of Bryce Canyon Amphitheater glow in backlit sunlight; Bryce Canyon National Park, UT; August 31, 2012
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