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Right and wrong are concepts that only have meaning in this world, so by sorting existence on those characteristics, we are defining ourselves to exist only in this world.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Concepts
Exist
Meaning
Balance
Existence
Sorting
Wrong
Defining
Right
Characteristics
World
Buddhism

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