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We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us.

We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. – Christopher Isherwood

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What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, Oh, our attitude has changed. We dont dislike these people any more. But by the strangest coincidence, they havent taken away the injustice the laws are still on the books. – Christopher Isherwood

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We come to this work because the alternative, being consumed by the effort to ignore the mystery of being, is no longer acceptable. – Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention

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[T]hings are entirely what they appear to be and behind them… there is nothing. – Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea

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Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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What you see, yet can not see over, is as good as infinite. – Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus

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