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"There is no satisfying desires, even by a shower of gold pieces; he who knows that desires have a short taste and cause pain, he is wise."
—The Dhammapada
There is more where that came from.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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