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Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. - S

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. – Simone Weil

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A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. – Simone Weil

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. – Simone Weil

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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. – Herodotus

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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. – Margaret Fuller

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Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. – George Santayana

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