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Every man becomes the image of the god he adores. he whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. he who loves corruption rots. he who loves a shadow becomes, himself, a shadow. he who loves things that must perish lives in dread of their perishing.
-Thomas Merton
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Every Man Becomes The Image Of The

Thomas Merton
Every man becomes the image of the god he adores. he whose worship is directed to a dead thing becomes dead. he who loves corruption rots. he who loves a shadow becomes, himself, a shadow. he who loves things that must perish lives in dread of their perishing.
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