They were in the world and not of it--not because they were saints, bu…

Thomas Merton
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They were in the world and not of it--not because they were saints, but in a different way: because they were artists. The integrity of an artist lifts a man above the level of the world without delivering him from it. ✨ Thomas Merton, M. Basil Pennington (2005). Thomas Merton: I Have Seen what I was Looking for : Selected Spiritual Writings, p.22, New City Press
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