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We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.
We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.
Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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- Thomas Merton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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