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> [Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts. Never was it more necessary to respond to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/our-real-journey-in-life-is-interior-it-is-a-matter-of-growth/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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