Mankind's Real Giant Step
'What can we gain by sailing to the Moon if we are unable to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?'
--Thomas Merton
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A weblog devoted to spurring a conversation among those who use words to varying degrees in their daily work. Hosted by John Ettorre, a Cleveland-based writer and editor. Please email me at: john.ettorre@gmail.com. "There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real." --James Salter
Sunday, November 05, 2006
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4 Comments:
And before that, Kierkegaard, who said the same thing in dozens of different formulations, including:
"... the most horrible way of life: i.e. to captivate and astound the entire world with discoveries and ingeniousness, and then not to understand his own self."
From The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard
Thanks for that, Miles. Kierkegaard--now there's a guy who could wield some heavy pen.
One of my favorite quotes of the famous Protestant turned Catholic now buried at Gethsemane Monastery in Kentucky. It hangs on the wall inside the entrance.
Ronnie,
I remember the day a few years ago that I learned you were a fellow Merton fan, enough of one, in fact, that you actually visited his old monastery. I had already known you for about a decade then, but instantly liked you that much more. After all, how often does one come across anybody in business or technology who happens to mention an affinity for Merton? When you do find them, it's an instant affinity builder.
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