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If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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The goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.
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At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
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