A Quote by Gautama Buddha

All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is. — © Gautama Buddha
All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.

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Gautama Buddha
567 BC - 484 BC
The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality
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