Andre Gide Quotes on Growth
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No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves- in finding themselves.
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Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.