I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform…

Thomas Merton
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I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.24, Shambhala Publications
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I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.24, Shambhala Publications

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