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As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.


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The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.



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I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.



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When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.



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You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.



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