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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Born: Jan 31, 1915
Died: Dec 10, 1968

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Loneliness, You, Vision, Obscurity, Beyond, Without, Motion, Limits, Discover, Labor, Begin, Repose, Infinity, Act, Fulfillment, Activities, Whose, Deepest, Extend, Profound, Here, Desire

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