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Adore Quote by Thomas Merton

“Every man becomes the image of the God he adores.…” quote by Thomas Merton — Download Open image

“Every man becomes the image of the God he adores. He whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. He who loves corruption rots. He who loves a shadow becomes, himself, a shadow. He who loves things that must perish lives in dread of their perishing.”

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