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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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The role of the intelligence – that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. – Simone Weil

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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. – Simone Weil

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. – Aldous Huxley

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With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe. – Orville Wright

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To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active. – Jean Piaget

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Knowledge and human power are synonymous. – Francis Bacon

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