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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. but when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.
-Thomas Merton
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We Stumble And Fall Constantly Even When

Thomas Merton
We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. but when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.
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