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  • It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. It is pure affection, and filled with reverance for the solitude of others. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

    Thomas Merton (2002). “The Sign of Jonas”, p.280, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt