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We are so sluggish in our mentality that we think the world's problems are not our business, that they have to be resolved by the United Nations or by substituting new leaders for the old.
We are so sluggish in our mentality that we think the world's problems are not our business, that they have to be resolved by the United Nations or by substituting new leaders for the old.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Jiddu Krishnamurti
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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