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“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, Nouvelles Nourritures

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There are… things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from the Underground,” 1864

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There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. – Dr. Alexis Carrel

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Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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