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The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. the truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.
-Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. the truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.
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