Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature.
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- And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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