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Original Quotes by Thomas Merton
- There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which…
- I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.…
- The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is…
- Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already possess. Vocation does…
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