When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
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Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
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Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.
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Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.
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Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
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If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.
Right human relations is the only true peace.
Right human relations is the only true peace.
