“Truth is the raison d’être for man’s existence; it constitutes our grandeur and reveals to us our smallness.”

[2012, Echoes of Perennial Wisdom, World Wisdom, 34, 978-1-93659700-0]
Spiritual life, Truth

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Swiss philosopher 1907–1998

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