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Actions Are The Doors And Windows Of Being. Unless We Act, We Have No Way Of Knowing What We Are.
-Thomas Merton
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Actions Are The Doors And
Thomas Merton
Actions Are The Doors And Windows Of Being. Unless We Act, We Have No Way Of Knowing What We Are.
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