“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” — André Gide, 1925
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose site of the shore for a very long time.”
-André Gide
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“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose site of the shore for a very long time.”
-André Gide
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“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
Jen Sincero • You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
As French author and fearless truth-seeker, André Gide, so aptly put it, “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
Jen Sincero • You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide
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David Whyte • Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
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“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
(Marcel Proust)
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A life’s work is not a series of stepping-stones onto which we calmly place our feet, but more like an ocean crossing where there is no path, only a heading, a direction, which, of itself, is in conversation with the elements.
David Whyte • Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
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