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The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.
Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
Age: 53 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
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Catholic Priest
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Trappist Cistercian Monk
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Thomas Feverel Merton
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We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves. But a selfish love of ourselves makes us incapable of loving others.
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