To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an …

Thomas Merton
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To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without. ✨ Thomas Merton (2009). A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life, The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3: 1952-1960, p.47, Harper Collins
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