We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But …

Thomas Merton
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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.53, Macmillan
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