"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
-Andre Gide
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"The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.“
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"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
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"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."
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"Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."
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"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."
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"To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company."
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
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