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Nothing that was real ever died, only names, forms, and illusions.

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
Forms
Illusion
Died
Names
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Nothing
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Illusions

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