MarkingsKnopf, 1964 - 222 sidor The author left behind the manuscript of this book to be published after his death. It is a remarkable record of the spiritual life of a man whose public image was universally known and admired--a record that reveals the extent of his commitment to the Way of the Cross. He felt he gave the only true profile of himself. Lacking as it does any reference to the external world, the book constitutes only half a portrait. But as we read it, the outer image of the Secretary-General persists and heightens the sense of loneliness he conveys, the severity with which he marked his own spiritual conduct and measured the integrity of his soul, his conception of life as a summons, and his premonition of death. Many will read this book primarily as a unique historical document; many will find in its meditations an unusual devotional book. But, above all, almost every reader is bound to feel, with Auden, that he has had "the privilege of being in contact with a great, good and lovable man." |
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... pass through faith . But only through the self- knowledge we gain by pursuing the fleeting light in the depth of our being do we reach the point where we can grasp what faith is . How many have been driven into outer darkness by empty ...
... pass through faith . But only through the self- knowledge we gain by pursuing the fleeting light in the depth of our being do we reach the point where we can grasp what faith is . How many have been driven into outer darkness by empty ...
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... endless variations on his own meanness . So might Dante have imagined the punishment of those who had never taken the risk . To reach perfection , we must all pass , one by one , through the death of self - effacement . And , 20.
... endless variations on his own meanness . So might Dante have imagined the punishment of those who had never taken the risk . To reach perfection , we must all pass , one by one , through the death of self - effacement . And , 20.
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... to follow it , still uncertain as to whether he was indeed " the one who shall bring it to pass , " but certain that the answer could only be learned by following the road to the end . The end might be a death without 69.
... to follow it , still uncertain as to whether he was indeed " the one who shall bring it to pass , " but certain that the answer could only be learned by following the road to the end . The end might be a death without 69.
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