In a series of talks in the ‘60s, Thomas Merton spoke of how hollow the language of faith had become. “To say ‘God is love,’ he commented, ‘is like saying, ‘Eat Wheaties’. . . . There’… — Kathleen Norris
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. — Luciano Pavarotti
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