Ultimately faith is the only key to the universe. The final meaning of…

Thomas Merton
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Ultimately faith is the only key to the universe. The final meaning of human existence, and the answers to the questions on which all our happiness depends cannot be found in any other way. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.130, New Directions Publishing
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Ultimately faith is the only key to the universe. The final meaning of human existence, and the answers to the questions on which all our happiness depends cannot be found in any other way. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.130, New Directions Publishing

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