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The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through d

The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. – Simone Weil

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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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State
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We can only know one thing about God – that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. – Simone Weil

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alone
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Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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My assignment is what every writers assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. – Leslie Fiedler

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In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. – Albert Einstein

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Seek truth and you will find a path. – Frank Slaughter

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Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues. – Hugh Prather

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