"We can drop the fundamental hope that there is a better "me" who one day will emerge. We can't just jump over ourselves as if we were not there."

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In Catholicism, we would say you're going to be judged, so therefore you should do better now. For me, Buddhism is somewhat more workable because instead of saying I have to do good, it says I have to notice what I'm actually doing.

— George Saunders