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Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwh

Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm. – Idries Shah

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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. – Idries Shah

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The Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating men from fear and establishing their sovereignty. Yet the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant. – Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

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The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. – Nikos Kazantzakis

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This notion is more clearly understood by asking What do I know?. – Michel de Montaigne

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A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again – Simone Weil

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