But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be w…

Thomas Merton
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But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be the object of God's love precisely because of his shortcomings, can begin to be sincere. His sincerity is based on confidence, not in his own illusions about himself, but in the endless, unfailing mercy of God. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). No Man Is an Island, p.228, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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