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One of the strange laws of the contemplative life, " Thomas Merton, one of its sovereign explorers, pointed out, "is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves. Or until life solves them for you.Pico Iyer
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... a man sitting still is alone, often, with the memory of all he doesn't have. And what he does have can look very much like nothing.Pico Iyer