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Thomas Merton Quotes
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Thomas Merton

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Date of Birth:
January 31, 1915
Date of Death:
December 10, 1968
Nationality:
American
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