No matter how ruined man and his world may seem to be, and no matter h…

Thomas Merton
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No matter how ruined man and his world may seem to be, and no matter how terrible man's despair may become, as long as he continues to be a man his very humanity continues to tell him that life has a meaning. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.11, Shambhala Publications
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