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I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me.

I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me.
– Thomas Merton

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  3. Take the time every day to teach and train yourself how to ask empowering questions. Those who ask the right questions change the world. – Mensah Oteh
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  10. Rumi says love turns thorns into flowers. This means that hate turns flowers into thorns! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  11. Somewhere between right and wrong lies a garden surrounded by thorns, and I have met you there. – Stacey Lee
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