The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the tr…

Thomas Merton
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The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.246, Shambhala Publications
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