The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of men…

Thomas Merton
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The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds ✨ Thomas Merton (2009). Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, p.72, Image
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The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds ✨ Thomas Merton (2009). Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, p.72, Image

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