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Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
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Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Mind
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Spiritual
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Reality
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Humans
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Vowels

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