The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University



List of Quotes by Letter Recipient

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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1964/01/00
[Ltrs: CforT p. 281]
Walker PercyMoviegoer There is no easy way to thank you for your book. Not only are the good words about books all used up and ruine..
1967/07/20
[Ltrs: CforT p. 282-83]
Janheinz JahnMuntu: African Culture and Western World It is good news to hear you can perhaps use Bantu philosophy in your new book, which sounds like a very good i..
1967/07/20
[Ltrs: CforT p. 282-83]
Placide Tempelsphilosophie bantou It is good news to hear you can perhaps use Bantu philosophy in your new book, which sounds like a very good i..
1967/08/24
[Ltrs: CforT p. 283]
Bengt SundklerBantu Prophets in South Africa You are much in my thoughts as I continue my explorations of Bantu ideas. I have on interlibrary loan an essen..

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.