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The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts._ I have trouble imagining that this éminence grise was once a sixteen-year-old Hungarian boy in a death camp. __here__ a troublesome verse from Ecclesiastes about this,_ he tells me. __t says that the more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects._ He pauses for a moment to let this sink in. __f course, it hurts when we see pictures of people throwing themselves out of windows, children who are orphaned, the widows,_ Wiesel says. __ut there is no way out of what we__e seen._ __nd how do we live with what we know?_ I ask __ow can we live with not knowing?
Mark Matousek When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living
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The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts._ I have trouble imagining that this éminence grise was once a sixteen-year-old Hungarian boy in a death camp. __here__ a troublesome verse from Ecclesiastes about this,_ he tells me. __t says that the more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects._ He pauses for a moment to let this sink in. __f course, it hurts when we see pictures of people throwing themselves out of windows, children who are orphaned, the widows,_ Wiesel says. __ut there is no way out of what we__e seen._ __nd how do we live with what we know?_ I ask __ow can we live with not knowing?
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When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living

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