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We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is direct knowledge. That is truth. Anything else is mere words.

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
Truth
Direct
Anything
Beginning
Feel
Possibility
Feels
Taste
Knowledge
Words
Removed
Inspirational
Buddhism
Else
Mere

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