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Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
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Philosopher
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle
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