"It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. It is pure affection, and filled with reverence for the solitude of others. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say . . . Solitude means withdrawal from an artificial and fictional level of being which people have fabricated . . . But by that very fact the solitary finds himself on the level of a more perfect spiritual society."
Thomas Merton
Photo: Solitary Gambel Oak leaf, Canyonlands National Park, UT; November 30, 2013
Thomas Merton
Photo: Solitary Gambel Oak leaf, Canyonlands National Park, UT; November 30, 2013
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