It is absolutely essential to introduce into the study of the humanities a dimension of wisdom oriented to contemplation as well as to wise action. For this, it is no longer sufficient merely to go back over the Christian and European cultural traditions. The horizons of the world are no longer confined to Europe and America. We have to gain new perspectives, and on this our spiritual and even our physical survival may depend.
Matthew Fox. A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey.
New World Publishing. P.98.