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In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is on this earth.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
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Judgment
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