List of Quotes by Letter Recipient

Date [Source / Page]	Author Quoted	Title Quoted	Quotation by Merton [link to full quote]
1960/11/17 [Ltrs: HGL p. 45]		Cloud of Unknowing	Some important books which I recommend to you can be obtained from Harper Brothers "¦ They are publishing an i..
1960/11/17 [Ltrs: HGL p. 44]	Bruno de Jesus-Marie o.c.d.	Saint Jean de la Croix	In regard to St. John of the Cross, I think we have here some paperback editions of his main works and I have ..
1960/11/17 [Ltrs: HGL p. 45]	Etienne Gilson	Mystical Theology of Saint Bernard / translation from the French: La theologie mystique de Saint Bernard	Some important books which I recommend to you can be obtained from Harper Brothers "¦ They are publishing an i..
1960/11/17 [Ltrs: HGL p. 45]	Jan Ruysbroeck	Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage	Some important books which I recommend to you can be obtained from Harper Brothers "¦ They are publishing an i..
1960/11/17 [Ltrs: HGL p. 45]	Thomas Trahern	Centuries, Poems and Thanksgivings	Some important books which I recommend to you can be obtained from Harper Brothers "¦ They are publishing an i..
1961/05/13 [Ltrs: HGL p. 48]	Titus Burckhardt	An introduction to Sufi doctrine	But now first of all and before everything else I want to thank you for the remarkable books you sent me. I ha..
1961/05/13 [Ltrs: HGL p. 49]	Titus Burckhardt	An introduction to Sufi doctrine	After reading Burckhardt, I have glimpsed many interesting relationships and problems. The question of Tawhid ..
1961/09/24 [Ltrs: HGL p. 50]	Henry Corbin	Imagination creatrice dans le soufisme d'Ibn 'Arabi	Henry Corbin is an author in whom I am greatly interested and think that his book on Ibn Arabi is going to be ..
1963/06/02 [Ltrs: HGL p. 54]		Way of the Pilgrim	Yes, I know the Way of the Pilgrim very well. It is a fine book. The Russian mystics are too little known. I b..
1963/10/18 [Ltrs: HGL p. 55-56]	Frithjof Schuon	Comprendre l'Islam	I have just finished reading the [Frithjof] Schuon book on Islam, in French. It strikes me as one of his best ..
1963/10/18 [Ltrs: HGL p. 55]	Martin Lings	Moslem saint of the twentieth century : Shaikh Ahmad al-'Alawi : his spiritual heritage and legacy	First of all, thank you for the remarkable book on Ahmad Al-'Alawi [Martin Lings, A Modern Saint of the Twenti..
1964/06/28 [Ltrs: HGL p. 59]	Louis Massignon	Opera Minora	You probably have received the wonderful new edition of Louis Massignon's Opera Minora. Excellent. I will see ..
1964/06/28 [Ltrs: HGL p. 59]	Martin Lings	Moslem saint of the twentieth century : Shaikh Ahmad al-'Alawi : his spiritual heritage and legacy	You probably have received the wonderful new edition of Louis Massignon's Opera Minora. Excellent. I will see ..
1964/12/09 [Ltrs: HGL p. 60]	Jacob Boehme	Confessions of Jacob Boehme	Recently I sent you two small books on Boehme, his confessions and another. I like his confessions. Unfortunat..
1965/11/07 [Ltrs: HGL p. 61]	A.J. (Arthur John) Arberry	Koran interpreted	On the other hand I am quite sure that at least one letter of mine must have gone astray. I am certain that I ..
1965/11/07 [Ltrs: HGL p. 61]	Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	Divine Milieu	There is great enthusiasm everywhere now over Teilhard de Chardin. I would be interested in your impression of..
1966/01/02 [Ltrs: HGL p. 62]	Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	Hymne de l'univers / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	"¦ If you have not sent The Phenomenon of Man, please do not send it as we have copies here. I have not read i..
1968/01/16 [Ltrs: HGL p. 66]		Cloud of Unknowing	For about a year I have been giving conferences on Sufism here to the monks, based largely on books you sent m..

Abbreviations ▲	Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT	The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux	Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer	The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL	The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin	Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq	Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ	The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether	Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC	The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF	Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.

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