Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants somet…

Thomas Merton
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Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. ✨ Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). Gandhi on Non-Violence, p.106, New Directions Publishing
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