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“Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.”

“‘You cheated.’ ‘No, I exploited a weakness in my opponent. There is a difference.’”

“‘I am not ready. But when will we ever be ready?’”

“Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it, the more it gnawed away at who he was.”

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“Change is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.”

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"The whole of moral philosophy, as it is now widely taught, rests on a contrast between statements of fact and evaluations. … If a man is given good evidence for a factual conclusion he cannot just ref…"

— Philippa Foot

Philosophy1920–2010

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Literature1946

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"Shri Babaji shows us the practical side of the teachings of great saints like Guru Nanak, who did not preach a particular religion or cult. He gave teachings of spiritual perfection, valid for all man…"

— Guru Nanak

Education1469–1539

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