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Our human nature likes more to destroy than to build, more to cry than to smile, and more to correct the world than to love and embrace the world.

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Sri Chinmoy
Age: 76 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 27
Died: 2007
Died: October 11
Author
Cult Leader
Humanitarian
Musician
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Spiritual Teacher
Weightlifter
Writer
Chittagong District
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
World
Cry
Embrace
Smile
Build
Nature
Human
Correct
Humans
Destroy
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