There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

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Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even a duty.

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil but as a necessity, even a duty.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

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