The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house th…

Thomas Merton
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The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear. ✨ Thomas Merton (2009). A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life, The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960, p.39, Harper Collins
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The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear. ✨ Thomas Merton (2009). A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life, The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960, p.39, Harper Collins

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