If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our …

Thomas Merton
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If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.121, Shambhala Publications
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