What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross th…

Thomas Merton
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What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous. ✨ Thomas Merton (1970). The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, p.11, New Directions Publishing
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