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<center>[Authorship somewhat uncertain, but presumably by H. P. B.]</center>
{{HPB-CW-comment|view=center|[''Lucifer'', Vol. I, No. 2, October, 1887, p. 89]}}
 
{{HPB-CW-comment|view=center|[''Authorship somewhat uncertain, but presumably by H. P. B.'']}}
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The first necessity for obtaining self-knowledge is to become profoundly conscious of ignorance; to feel with every fibre of the heart that one is ceaselessly self-deceived.
The first necessity for obtaining self-knowledge is to become profoundly conscious of ignorance; to feel with every fibre of the heart that one is ''ceaselessly'' self-deceived.


The second requisite is the still deeper conviction that such knowledge—such intuitive and certain knowledge—can be obtained by effort.
The second requisite is the still deeper conviction that such knowledge—such intuitive and certain knowledge—can be obtained by effort.