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The silence of landscape conceals vast presence. Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality. With complete attention, landscape… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
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One may sigh for all that one loses in giving up the old religion... but the new irreligion is the manlier, honester… — Charles Eliot Norton Copy Share Image
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We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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