Quote#Wisdom
Of the origin of things we know nothing, and can know nothing.…
Quote byFelix Adler · 1851–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Life and Destiny (1913), Section 2 : Religion.
English (original)
Of the origin of things we know nothing, and can know nothing. Perfection does not reveal itself to us as existent in the beginning; but as something that ought to be, something new which we are to help create. Somehow the secret of the universe is hidden in our breast. Somehow the destinies of the universe depend upon our exertions.
— Felix Adler
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