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I have not in this lifetime yet met one person who earnestly seeks enlightenment in the West. Not one person.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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San Diego
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You're not the doer. What's to do? You can't undo what's not done. It's all one anyway, why think about it? But you need to discriminate, so you'd better think about it.
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They've got lots of theories, books, sciences - I've read a lot of those books. Most of them are pretty unhappy.
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When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom.
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If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.
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What we focus on we become. If you are just focusing on unhappy things, you will become unhappy. If you focus on happy states of mind, then it will grow in you.
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What a man must do is realize that his continued belief in the inferiority of women is going to produce a type of karma that is going to hold him back, and already has.
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