Using Eberhard Arnold's book "Why We Live in Community" as his basis, Merton gave two talks in September 1968, three months before his untimely death. Here are some excerpts.

Excerpts from Aurelius Ambrosius and Basil the Great taken from Charles Avila, Ownership: Early Christian Teaching (Orbis, 1983).

Each great artist’s vision sprang from the conviction that life could be better, richer, and truer than it was.