No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton

Possibly my favourite Merton book. BM

"The volume is a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life."

-Chicago Tribune

"Without a life of the spirit," Thomas Merton maintains, "our whole existence becomes unsubstantial and illusory. The Life of the spirit, by integrating us in the real order established by God, puts us in the fullest possible contact with reality- not as we imagine it, but as it really is." No Man Is an Island is a collection of sixteen essays in which Merton plumbs aspects of human spirituality. He addresses those in search of enduring values, fulfillment, and salvation in prose that is inspirting and compassionate.

"This is a book written by a man of God for men of God. As such it may also be of value to those men of goodwill as yet without God."

- The New York Times

THOMS MERTON (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk in the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky. He has been revered thoughout the world for the depth and profundity of his thoughts on religion, reflection, and the world's possibilities since his bestselling The Seven Story Mountain was published in 1948. He other works include The Sign of Jonas, New Seeds of Contemplation, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, The Way of Chuang Tzu, and Mystics and Zen Masters.