"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters."
- Saint Bernard
"The Christian writer does not decide what would be good for the world and proceed to deliver it. Like a very doubtful Jacob, he confronts what stands in his path and wonders if he will come out of the struggle at all."
– Flannery O’Connor
"And like all true believers, I am truly skeptical of all that I have said."
- Over the Rhine, "The World Can Wait"
"If you write for God, you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men, you may make some money, and you may give someone a little joy, and you may make a noise in the world — for a little while. If you write only for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written, and after ten minutes, you will be so disgusted you will wish that you were dead."
- Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
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