List of Quotes by Letter Recipient

Date [Source / Page]	Author Quoted	Title Quoted	Quotation by Merton [link to full quote]
1949/02/10 [Ltrs: CforT p. 24]	F.D. Joret o.p.	Dominican Life	But in any case, what amused me was that the Father who wrote the article asserted that "the degree of union w..
1949/07/09 [Ltrs: CforT p. 25]	Jean-Baptiste Porion	Sainte Trinite et la Vie Intereure	Dom Porion sent me his delightful book on the Holy Trinity and the interior life, and on every page I found ec..
1960/01/30 [Ltrs: CforT p. 28]	Jacques Maritain	Liturgie et contemplation / par Jacques et Raïssa Maritain ; pref. de Charles Journet	Many thanks for your valuable little book on Liturgy and Contemplation [Liturgie et contemplation, coauthored ..
1962/12/18 [Ltrs: CforT p. 33]	Raïssa Maritain	Journal de Raïssa	I am overwhelmed by Raissa's Journal. How to put it? You must know better than I do. This document is like the..
1963/02/12 [Ltrs: CforT p. 36]	Raïssa Maritain	Chagall: Ou l'orage enchantre	"¦ Thanks especially for Chagall. This is a wonderful book to have. It is a whole world in itself, full of joy..
1963/03/28 [Ltrs: CforT p. 37]	Raïssa Maritain	Notes sur le Pater	Did I ever tell you how much I liked Raïssa's Notes sur le Pater? It is a really precious book, a perfect comm..
1963/10/17 [Ltrs: CforT p. 41]	Zoe Oldenbourg	Massacre at Monsegur: A History of the Albigensian Crusade	I have been thinking of Toulouse, as I have come across some rather interesting books about the Albigensians (..
1964/05/24 [Ltrs: CforT p. 44-45]	Jacques Maritain	Moral Philosophy	It was very good of you to ask Scribner's to send me your great newly translated book on Moral Philosophy. Act..
1964/05/24 [Ltrs: CforT p. 45]	Louis Massignon	Opera Minora	I have also been reading the big volumes of Louis Massignon's Opera Minora, so much more "majora" than most o..
1965/09/05 [Ltrs: CforT p. 45]	Jacques Maritain	Carnet de notes / Jacques Maritain	It has been a terribly long time since I have written to you or heard from you, and I am not sure whether or n..
1965/09/26 [Ltrs: CforT p. 46]	Jacques Maritain	Carnet de notes / Jacques Maritain	I have been reading your Carnets [de notes] "¦ Everything you say is quite true & even prophetic. Our mania fo..
1966/10/29 [Ltrs: CforT p. 48]	Francois Rene Chateaubriand	Vie de Rance	I am reading Chateaubriand's Vie de Rance for the first time. It is an extraordinary piece of writing, constan..
1967/01/30 [Ltrs: CforT p. 51]	Jean Cocteau	Enfants Terribles	Ed Rice asked me to write an article on Fr. Pascal Bourgoint for Jubilee. I said I might be able to do this la..

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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