I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that hav…

Thomas Merton
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I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me. ✨ Thomas Merton (1974). A Thomas Merton Reader, Image
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