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Small world, right? Although in truth it seems to me that it’s not the world that’s small, only our time in it.
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“Tikkun olam.”
Repair the world
“the Buddhists say, ‘Mend yourself.’”
Fix yourself
“It’s just that you said there’s very little good we can do. In this place. And I agree, I do. But that very little good might be just the thing required to stand against that very little evil—that impulse to turn away.”
WhAt effect does doing good really have?
“I know you girls want a heroic life. You want to show your courage. But self-sacrifice is never really selfless. It’s often quite selfish.”
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no such thing as a life without regret. Maybe because we fortunates have far too many options.
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