Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all th…

Thomas Merton
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Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.3, Shambhala Publications
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