The Hindus are not looking for us to send them men who will build scho…

Thomas Merton
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The Hindus are not looking for us to send them men who will build schools and hospitals, although those things are good and useful in themselves--and perhaps very badly needed in India: they want to know if we have any saints to send them. ✨ Thomas Merton (1998). The Seven Storey Mountain, p.240, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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