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What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.

Matthieu Ricard

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Matthieu Ricard
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 15
Bhikkhu
Geneticist
Monk
Philosopher
Photographer
Translator
Writer
Enormity
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Buddhism
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Suffering

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