(Taken from" "Words are Spiritual") ..."out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks..")
2007-12-21 02:52:57 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. "Diamond" 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i'd like to think so, yeh. okay... Thomas Merton wrote, 'speaking between friends,and i consider you a friend, because having read so far, somehow we've touched one the other.' a friend, who was also a friend of Merton's lent me an unpublished typescript of Merton's. only a few people had ever read it. it felt to me that he was really speaking to me, that the book was a long letter from a dear friend who happened to die before i could meet him.
2007-12-21 03:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by deva 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we can know a person's "heart" even though we have never met them.
I think you really want to know if we can tell whether there is congruity between what a person says, a person professes and what a person really does. The point at which the say and do meets is the heart.
The heart of the matter: Is the person genuine or a lying scum.
By their works you will know them.
2007-12-21 11:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by valcus43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't know someone's heart ever. Even those who are pious in public can be evil in private. I don't think you really ever get to know someone's heart completely. There's just too much people aren't willing to share...and most of it is dark.
2007-12-21 11:09:07 · answer #3 · answered by Night Owl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very well. Though once you meet them you can figure it out pretty fast if you really want to.
2007-12-22 16:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know anybody's heart , even if I have met them . Sorry , I'm not a cardiologist .
2007-12-21 11:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, best to judge someone by their action, rather than their words.
2007-12-21 10:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you get enough words, then yes you can tell.
2007-12-21 10:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋