Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is …

Thomas Merton
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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.81, New Directions Publishing
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