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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. – Michel de Montaigne

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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. – George Herbert

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In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself. РAndr̩ Gide

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Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. – Robert Neelly Bellah, Habits of the Heart, 1985

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My own experience is that everybody is born with a certain talent, and unless he lives that talent to its fullest, something in him will remain missing. He will go on feeling that somehow something is not there that should be. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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