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“What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.”
― Vladimir Lenin

tags: communism, democracy, freedom, history, hope, individualism, philosophy, politics, revolution, socialism

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“Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.”
― Alexander Berkman, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

tags: cruelty, inhumanity, power, prisons, stupidity

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“The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.”
― Lenin

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“A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"

Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of "ZEN Mind, Beginner's Mind"

tags: buddhism, philosophy, suffering, wisdom, zen, zen-buddhism

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