For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of …

Thomas Merton
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For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.218, Shambhala Publications
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