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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.

Source: The Seven Storey Mountain, pt. 3, ch. 2 (1948), describing Merton's impressions following his first visit to the Trappist monastery which he later joined.
-- Thomas Merton, (Jan 31 1915-1968), French monk, poet; He was a prolific Roman Catholic writer on spiritual and social themes, one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.

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