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Witnessing is not flowing with the current of the river but observing the flow from the bank of the river.

Amit Ray , in Enlightenment Step by Step
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Witnessing is the alchemy of enlightenment. It can transform mud into gold.

Amit Ray , in Enlightenment Step by Step
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The anarch sticks to facts, not ideas. He suffers not for facts but because of them, and usually through his own fault, as in a traffic accident. Certainly, there are unforeseeable things – maltreatments. However, I believe I have attained a certain degree of self-distancing that allows me to regard this as an accident.

Ernst Jünger , in Eumeswil
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