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![“[When we drop our agendas] we begin to cultivate a mind of true goodness and compassion, which comes out of a concern for the Whole. As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of giving or of making a sacrifice. We become open, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient…” quote by Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/steve-hagen-18377_agendas_when-we-drop-our-agendas-we-begin-to-cul_3097497.jpg)
![“Since the early days, [the church] has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It has been, at all times and everywhere, the habitual and incorrigible defender of bad governments, bad laws, bad social theories, bad institutions. It was, for centuries, an…” quote by H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/h-l-mencken-245_all-time_since-the-early-days-the-church-has-thro_2325142.png)
![“[Jack] Kerouac looking at the fellaheen worlds. Looking at other cultures. Welcoming it, curious. Really stepping outside his own limited, whatever that narrow world was. It's amazing to think we can do it. We can have that same kind of trajectory of mind.” quote by Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/anne-waldman-4046_can-do_jack-kerouac-looking-at-the-fellaheen-wo_2348643.png)
