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Whereas in 1940 the Dutch gave up their own independence after little more than four days of fighting, they fought for more than four long and bitter years to suppress Indonesian independence. No wonder that many national liberation movements throughout the world placed their hopes on communist Moscow and Beijing rather than on the self-proclaimed champions of liberty in the West.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
The Buddha taught that there is no birth and no death. Our belief that these ideas about birth and death are real creates a powerful illusion that causes us a great deal of suffering. When we understand that we can’t be destroyed, we’re liberated from fear.
But you could use imperfections. You could compensate for them, and even turn them into strengths . . . if you knew them, and where they were.
Sailing to Sarantium
Guy Gavriel Kay
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