Thomas Merton quote: Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take ...

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

~ Thomas Merton ~

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