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Greatness can have either good or terrible ends. Leaders of any nation cannot accomplish much without some characteristics of leadership. If they choose to use these to conquer or destroy, that's beside the point. Napoleon was a great leader, but look at what he did with it.
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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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