Talk:Thomas Merton

"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope." ~ Thomas Merton

This quotation is all over the internet. I cannot find it in any of Merton's writings. Does anyone have a source? or know for certain that it is a misattribution?

According to notable-quotes.com, it's from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. Now, in the time of the coronavirus, it takes on a special meaning.