Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, n…

Thomas Merton
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Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). The Sign of Jonas, p.280, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). The Sign of Jonas, p.280, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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