"For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure."

Discovery, Journey, History, Curiosity

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"For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure."

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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

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"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."

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

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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"Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Discovery, Heaven, Hope, Light, Peace

"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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"We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth."

Ian McEwan, British Author

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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

Discovery, Opportunity, Wonder, Joy

"We all seek for lost things within us."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail."

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"Experience has taught me the power of trophies. You may have every knick-knack and useless contraption ever devised, but while they weigh you down, a simple trophy can go a long, long way."

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