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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Thomas Merton

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Thomas Merton
Age: 53 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
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Trappist Cistercian Monk
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Thomas Feverel Merton
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