A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking abou…

Thomas Merton
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A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.99, Macmillan
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A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.99, Macmillan

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