Weaknesses and deficiencies . . . play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another. β¨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.22, Shambhala Publications
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- The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living. β¨ Thomas Merton (2015). Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation, p.8, β¦ βΆ
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