The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 223 of 254

The habits practised inside the building

But for Akong, these aren’t the most important things at all. What really matters are the habits that are practised inside the building, and which give the space a strange kind of character that persists even once the walls have come tumbling down.

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