Quote by Thomas Merton
[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens. - T
[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens. – Thomas Merton

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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton

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The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly himself: for his personality and individuality are perfected in their true order, the spiritual, interior order. – Thomas Merton

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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. – Danish Proverb

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Fasting strengthens control over our appetites, thus contributing to self-mastery. – George Romney

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Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. – Thomas Tusser

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