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All of our punishment institutions, including jails, laws, church confessionals, and so forth, are systems of illusion. The order of the universe, the infinite justice of yin and yang, naturally takes care of all motion and compensation. We don't need to invent arbitrary ways to make balance with punishments.

— Michio Kushi Spiritual Journey: Michio Kushi's Guide to Endless Self-Realization and Freedom (1994)

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