"Sometimes you have to get away from what you know to discover what you don't know."

Discovery, Truth, Life, Change

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"Sometimes you have to get away from what you know to discover what you don't know."

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"To get where you want to go, the first question you always have to answer is Where am I? ... We only find out where we are when we find out where He is. We only find ourselves... when we find Him."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Discovery, Faith, Identity, Presence

"But that was what research and development were like. Full of semi-triumphs and perplexing unforeseen consequences like the whole violent hiccuping thing when conjuring up fire - or the propensity for fillings to fall out of bystanders' teeth when attempting to tease a rainstorm out of a cloud."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

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"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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"You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"The power of the sky can be made to do men's bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"He and I suddenly saw the whole country like an oyster for us to open; and the pearl was there, the pearl was there."

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

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"We all seek for lost things within us."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Discovery, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Discovery, Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth, Future

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"It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements."

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"There is more than one way to lose your life; quickly through violence, or fettered-away and wasted around dreadful, toxic people."

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"We are all a part of a culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our lives."

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"The secret is in realizing your internal gifts and then setting them free."

Potential

"Freedom only exists in the choice. When you don't have the choice you are not free."

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"The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it."

Choice

"Who you are is why you choose poorly, or fail to choose wisely."

Choice

"While the ingrates duke-it-out about the true God, you take each breath in holy gratitude."

Spiritual

"When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again."

Strength

"America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving."

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