The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, i…

Thomas Merton
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The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter. ✨ Thomas Merton (1989). Thomas Merton in Alaska: Prelude to the Asian Journal : the Alaskan Conferences, Journals, and Letters, p.97, New Directions Publishing
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