| Author Quoted | Bernardus of Clairvaux |
| Title Quoted | De Diligendo Deo |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1948/02/21 |
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| Quotation | The Lenten Book (De Diligendo Deo) is, from the point of view of my own interest and alertness to its value, the best I have had so far. |
| Journal | Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2, 1941-1952.; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 170 |
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