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“War is Mass Murder, Conscription is Slavery, Taxation is Robbery.”
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“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
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“But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
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“The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments.
They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul.
If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away.
If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.”
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They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul.
If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away.
If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.”
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