The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.

— Thomas Merton (1915–1968), Trappistenmönch, Autor

Source: No Man Is an Island

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Wisdom & Understanding, Ethical Questions

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) war ein US-amerikanischer Trappistenmönch, Priester und Autor, der in der Abtei Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky lebte und wirkte. Bekannt durch seine Autobiografie „Der Berg der sieben Stufen“, verband er christliche Kontemplation mit gesellschaftspolitischem Engagement gegen Krieg und Ungerechtigkeit, stieß jedoch mit seinem Dialog mit östlichen Religionen und seinem Pazifismus auch auf Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er Impulse für ein vertieftes Gebetsleben in der Stille sowie für die Verbindung von persönlicher Mystik und sozialer Verantwortung.

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