We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope, which does not rely only on visible things. He writes that entering contemplation is like a kind of death that opens a higher life. He also says that true peace cannot be built on exclusivity or vague slogans.
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Thomas Merton was an autobiographer from the United States, best known for The Seven Storey Mountain.
Quick Facts About Thomas Merton
Born
January 15, 1915
Died
December 10, 1968
Nationality
United States
Profession
Autobiographer
Notable works
The Seven Storey Mountain
About Thomas Merton
His religious name was M. Louis, and he lived there from 1941 until his death.
![“The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is beyond concept. Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear Brothers [and Sisters], we are already one. But we imagine that we…” quote by Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/thomas-merton-231_brother_the-deepest-level-of-communication-is-no_2489346.jpg)
