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You have to refine your being. You have to go through all of the stages and steps of erasing yourself through service to others with purity, humility, integrity.

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
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Refine
Others
Stages
Purity
Integrity
Humility
Service
Compassion
Steps
Erasing

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