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The Mediocre Man: El Hombre Mediocre

by José Ingenieros

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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But in the collective sense, what this country really fears is black respectability, Good Negro Government. It applauds, even celebrates, Good Negro Government in the unthreatening abstract—The Cosby Show, for instance. But when it becomes ...more

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“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.”
― Sengstan, Hsin Hsin Ming

tags: wisdom, zen

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