“"Know thyself" — a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to "know himself" would never become a butterfly.André Gide
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.André Gide
“Let every emotion be capable of becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.André Gide