When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature

by Thomas Merton

Over 300 nature writings by Thomas Merton are collected for the first time in When The Trees Say Nothing edited by Kathleen Deignan, art by John Giuliani, foreword by Thomas Berry

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Hardcover, 191 pages

Published February 1st 2003 by Sorin Books (first published January 1st 2003)

tags: essays, religion, nature, spirituality, poetry, christian, writing, environment, nonfiction

Book Quotes

“In our present attitude the natural world remains a commodity to be bought and sold, not a sacred reality to be venerated.”

― Thomas Merton

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― Thomas Merton

“Perhaps the book of life, in the end, is the book of what one has lived and if one has lived nothing, he is not in the book of life.”

― Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Merton was a keen proponent of interfaith understanding.

Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Merton's letters and diaries, reveal the intensity with which their author focused on social justice issues, including the civil rights movement and proliferation of nuclear arms. He had prohibited their publication for 25 years after his death. Publication raised new interest in Merton's life.
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