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He does not and he cannot know. ‘If I were you’ is a silly beginning to any remark. You are not, and you never will be anyone else. Mind your own business; it is, or should be, a full-time task for twenty-four hours a day.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":9},2934646,"We will not read of that which hurts our pride or fears or ‘feelings’. We forget, or gloss over, or excuse, an experience which injured the tentacles of our personality. We forget the pscyhiatrist’s definition of a neurosis as ‘refused pain’. In the same way we escape from mental pain. 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All alike have heavy debts to pay. Yet none, so the Wisdom teaches, is ever faced with more than he can bear. Whether or not we can grin, we must bear it, and it is folly to attempt to run away.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":63,"quote_text":64,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":65,"source":66,"quote_tag":67,"commentary":9},2934584,"Even as radio waves are picked up wherever a set is tuned in to their wavelength, so the thoughts which each of us think each moment of the day go forth into the world to influence for good or bad each other human mind.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":69,"quote_text":70,"author_id":5,"source_id":71,"has_image":22,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":9},558708,"We see, at least with intellect, that beyond both true and false is truth; that there is beauty beyond our present views on the beautiful and ugly; that pleasure-pain can now alike be transcended, and that some day we shall truly see that 'form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form'.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[75,80,85,88,93,98],{"id":76,"tag":77},3017579,{"id":78,"tag_name":79},713,"truth",{"id":81,"tag":82},3017573,{"id":83,"tag_name":84},723,"beauty",{"id":86,"tag":87},3017574,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"id":89,"tag":90},3017575,{"id":91,"tag_name":92},3343,"emptiness",{"id":94,"tag":95},3017577,{"id":96,"tag_name":97},5456,"intellect",{"id":99,"tag":100},3017576,{"id":101,"tag_name":102},10437,"form",{"id":104,"quote_text":105,"author_id":5,"source_id":71,"has_image":22,"author":106,"source":107,"quote_tag":108,"commentary":131},558705,"Death for [the Buddhist] is the shadow on the face of life, for the opposite of death is birth, not life; that which is born must die. 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As a World War I veteran and later the founder of the London Buddhist Lodge, Humphreys navigated the complexities of war, spiritual seeking, and social change in the early 20th century. The sentiment reflects his grappling with existential crises and finding solace in Buddhist philosophy.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nWhat lies beneath this statement is a counter-intuitive truth: that life, as we experience it, is not the enemy, but rather an ever-changing manifestation of itself. This notion dissolves the conventional binary opposition between life and death, revealing instead a fluid dynamic where each form gives way to another.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, cultivate a sense of detachment from the fleeting nature of success, relationships, or even one's own identity. Embracing change as an inherent aspect of existence can liberate you from attachment and allow for more fluid navigation through life's transitions, whether personal or professional.",{"currentPage":133,"totalPages":134,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":135},1,3,10]