The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwe…

Simone Weil
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The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.27, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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