"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
-Andre Gide
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"Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.“
-Andre Gide
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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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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
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"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."
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"I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them."
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"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."
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