“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 sight of the shore for a very long time.” — André Gide, 1925
"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
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
– Marcel Proust
“Belief has very little to do with rationale. Why demand a map for uncharted territory?”
Kaliane Bradley • The Ministry of Time
Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking.”
Charlie Gilkey • Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done
“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes,” said Marcel Proust.
Patricia Ryan Madson • Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him. —HENRY DAVID THOREA
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