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A culture that denies death inevitably becomes shallow and superficial, concerned only with the external form of things. When death is denied, life loses its depth.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Culture
Superficial
Death
External
Form
Denied
Things
Depth
Life
Deny
Concerned
Denies
Becomes
Inevitably
Loses
Shallow

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