A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can ser…

Thomas Merton
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A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.64, Macmillan
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A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.64, Macmillan

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