Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no …

Thomas Merton
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Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.136, Macmillan
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Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.136, Macmillan

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