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When you focus so much on the word, you tend to neglect the realm of silence.

David Steindl-Rast

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David Steindl-Rast
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 12
Monk
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Theologian
Vienna
Austria
Silence
Focus
Word
Much
Realm
Realms
Neglect
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