If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words and actions, and attains to the ultimate Truth only in silence and Love.
- Thomas Merton
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Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered.
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