To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is…

Thomas Merton
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To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved but only the exercise of love in our own souls. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.3, Shambhala Publications
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To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved but only the exercise of love in our own souls. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.3, Shambhala Publications

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