A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for…

Thomas Merton
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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.1, Shambhala Publications
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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.1, Shambhala Publications

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