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When we lack etiquette, we trash things. We trash each other. We trash the environment. We lose sight of the value of things. We suffer alienation when our spirit is disconnected from our physical awareness.

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
Spirit
Physical
Etiquette
Things
Awareness
Alienation
Value
Trash
Lose
Buddhist
Environment
Suffer
Loses
Buddhism
Suffering
Lack
Values
Sight
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